Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

वृक्षेणाहत्य मद्रेशो नदीं शुष्कां प्रसारितः । राजराजस्तथा येन जरासंधो निपातितः

Transliteration

vṛkṣeṇāhatya madreśo nadīṃ śuṣkāṃ prasāritaḥ | rājarājastathā yena jarāsaṃdho nipātitaḥ

Translation

ด้วยการฟาดด้วยต้นไม้ เจ้าแห่งมทระก็ถูกโค่นลง; แม่น้ำที่แห้งก็ถูกทำให้ไหลออกมา; และยาราสันธะ ผู้เป็นราชาเหนือราชาทั้งหลาย ก็ถูกท่านปราบให้ล้มลงเช่นกัน

Word by Word

• vṛkṣeṇa: with a tree
• vṛkṣeṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛkṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• āhatya: having struck
• āhatya: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ā-han (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund)

• madreśaḥ: the king of Madra (Madreśa)
• madreśaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: madreśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• nadīm: river
• nadīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nadī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• śuṣkām: dry
• śuṣkām: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śuṣka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘nadīm’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• prasāritaḥ: was made to flow/was extended
• prasāritaḥ: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra-sṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि-भावः (was made to flow/extended)

• rājarājaḥ: king of kings
• rājarājaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक) + rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (राज्ञां राजा), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Discourse/Comparison (Adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (thus/likewise)

• yena: by whom
• yena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया, एकवचन

• jarāsaṃdhaḥ: Jarāsandha
• jarāsaṃdhaḥ: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jarā-saṃdha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-प्रायः नामसमास (proper name), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• nipātitaḥ: was struck down/slain
• nipātitaḥ: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ni-pat (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि (was felled/slain)

Speaker

Deducted (contextual): Bhīma

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A triptych of heroic exploits: (1) a warrior felling the Madra lord with a tree as weapon; (2) a parched riverbed suddenly surging with water by the hero’s act; (3) Jarāsandha, the mighty king, brought down in combat.

Characters & Entities

• Madreśa (king of Madra)
• Jarāsandha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Strength used to remove oppressive power supports dharma; such service is worthy of recognition.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified; the verse is centered on heroic exempla from itihāsa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.