Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

तमागतं समालोक्य प्रतापमुकुटोऽब्रवीत् । अशोकदत्त सहसा मल्लमेनं बलोत्कटम्

Transliteration

tamāgataṃ samālokya pratāpamukuṭo'bravīt | aśokadatta sahasā mallamenaṃ balotkaṭam

Translation

ครั้นทอดพระเนตรเห็นเขาเข้ามา พระราชาประตาปมกุฏตรัสทันทีว่า “อศोकทัตตะ! จงโค่นมวยปล้ำผู้นี้ ผู้มีกำลังดุจเดชกล้า”

Word by Word

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (कर्म), एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• आगतम्: arrived
• आगतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; ‘तम्’ इति विशेषणम्

• समालोक्य: having seen
• समालोक्य: Kriya (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्-आ-लोक् (धातु) + ल्यप् (अव्ययीभाव/क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययम् (ल्यप्), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया; ‘having seen’

• प्रतापमुकुटः: Pratāpamukuṭa (name)
• प्रतापमुकुटः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रताप (प्रातिपदिक) + मुकुट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (प्रतापस्य मुकुटः), पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• अब्रवीत्: said
• अब्रवीत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकारः (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्

• अशोकदत्त: O Aśokadatta
• अशोकदत्त: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अशोक (प्रातिपदिक) + दत्त (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-समासः (अशोकेन दत्तः/अशोकदत्तः—नाम), पुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा, एकवचनम् (सम्बोधनार्थे)

• सहसा: suddenly
• सहसा: Kriya (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहसा (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययम्; क्रियाविशेषणम्

• मल्लम्: the wrestler
• मल्लम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मल्ल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्

• एनम्: this (one)
• एनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम; ‘मल्लम्’ इत्यस्य पुनरुक्त-निर्देशः

• बलोत्कटम्: very strong
• बलोत्कटम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बल (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्कट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषः (बलेन उत्कटः/बलस्य उत्कटः), पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; ‘मल्लम्’ इति विशेषणम्

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; specific speaker not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setukṣetra (Setu)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king on a jeweled throne gestures sharply toward a towering wrestler approaching; the brāhmaṇa’s son Aśokadatta stands poised, calm yet ready, as courtiers and fighters form a ring.

Characters & Entities

• Pratāpamukuṭa
• Aśokadatta
• malla (wrestler)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Righteous authority (rāja-dharma) includes decisiveness in confronting threats and protecting social order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage belongs to Setukhaṇḍa, associated with Setu (Rāmeśvaram/Setubandha) sacred geography, though this verse itself is narrative rather than direct tīrtha-praise.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it is a command within a heroic episode.