Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

केशेषु गृह्य तं वीरं चकर्ष च ननाद च । ततो निमिरुवाचेदं कालनेमिं महाबलम्

Transliteration

keśeṣu gṛhya taṃ vīraṃ cakarṣa ca nanāda ca | tato nimiruvācedaṃ kālanemiṃ mahābalam

Translation

เขาคว้าผมของวีรบุรุษนั้นแล้วลากไป พร้อมคำรามกึกก้อง ครั้นแล้วนิมิจึงกล่าวถ้อยคำนี้แก่กาลเนมีผู้มีกำลังยิ่ง

Word by Word

• केशेषु: in/on the hair (by the hair)
• केशेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), बहुवचन

• गृह्य: having seized
• गृह्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund), अव्ययभावः

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• वीरम्: the hero
• वीरम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अपपद-विशेषणवत् (appositional)

• चकर्ष: dragged, pulled
• चकर्ष: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृष् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)

• ननाद: roared
• ननाद: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नद् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Modifier (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• निमिः: Nimi
• निमिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निमि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• इदम्: this (speech)
• इदम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; वाक्यकर्म (object of speech)

• कालनेमिम्: to Kālanemi
• कालनेमिम्: Sampradana (Addressee/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कालनेमि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• महाबलम्: mighty, of great strength
• महाबलम्: Modifier (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा + बल (प्रातिपदिक-द्वय)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समासः (महद् बलम् यस्य) विशेषणम् (qualifying कालनेमिम्)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nimi seizes Kālanemi by the hair, drags him across the battlefield, and roars; the moment freezes just before Nimi speaks—power displayed, then counsel begins.

Characters & Entities

• Nimi
• Kālanemi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steadfast courage and presence of mind in crisis are upheld as kṣātra-dharma within Purāṇic ethics.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it is part of a broader Kaumārikākhaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it is purely narrative action within a battle context.