Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

कृतांतमर्दितं दृष्ट्वा गदापाणिर्धनादिपः । वृतो यक्षायुतगणैर्जंभं प्रत्युद्ययौ रुषआ

Transliteration

kṛtāṃtamarditaṃ dṛṣṭvā gadāpāṇirdhanādipaḥ | vṛto yakṣāyutagaṇairjaṃbhaṃ pratyudyayau ruṣaā

Translation

เมื่อเห็นกฤตานตะ (พระยม) ถูกทำร้าย ธนาธิป (ท้าวกุเวร) ผู้ถือกระบองและรายล้อมด้วยเหล่ายักษ์นับหมื่น จึงเดินทัพเข้าหาจัมภะด้วยความโกรธ

Word by Word

• कृतान्तम्: Kṛtānta (Yama)
• कृतान्तम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृतान्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• मर्दितम्: crushed, beaten
• मर्दितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मर्दित (√मृद्/मर्द् + क्त, कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, विशेषणम् (of कृतान्तम्)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावः

• गदापाणिः: (he) whose hand held a mace
• गदापाणिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गदा + पाणि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः: गदा पाणौ यस्य (सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषः/उपपद-तत्पुरुषः)

• धनादिपः: lord of wealth (Kubera)
• धनादिपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन + अधिप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः: धनस्य अधिपः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः)

• वृतः: surrounded
• वृतः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृत (√वृ + क्त, कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• यक्षायुतगणैः: by hosts of ten-thousand yakṣas
• यक्षायुतगणैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष + अयुत + गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (plural); समासः: यक्षाणाम् अयुतं (द्विगु) + गणाः → यक्षायुतगणाः (तत्पुरुष-प्रायः)

• जंभम्: Jambha
• जंभम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जंभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• प्रति: towards
• प्रति: Sambandha (Direction marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्ग/अव्यय (preverb/adverb: towards)

• उद्ययौ: went forth, advanced
• उद्ययौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-√या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्

• रुषा: with anger
• रुषा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुष्/रुषा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; भाववाचक (with anger)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kubera, stout and regal, mace in hand, advances in anger; behind him surge thousands of Yakṣas—armored, jewel-laden, and fierce—forming a rolling wave of guardians toward Jambha.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛtānta (Yama)
• Kubera (Dhanādhipa)
• Yakṣas
• Jambha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When cosmic balance is disturbed, the guardians of the quarters and divine orders respond—symbolizing Dharma’s collective protection across realms.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; this is a mythic battle account rather than a sthala-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.