Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

पातालाच्च समायातास्तारकस्योपजीविनः । चेरुरंगबलोपेता हन्तुकामाः सुरान्रणे

Transliteration

pātālācca samāyātāstārakasyopajīvinaḥ | ceruraṃgabalopetā hantukāmāḥ surānraṇe

Translation

และจากปาตาละก็มีเหล่าผู้พึ่งพาอาศัยตารกะมาถึงด้วย มีกำลังกายกล้าแข็ง พวกเขาเคลื่อนไหวไปมา ด้วยเจตนาจะสังหารเหล่าเทวะในสนามรบ

Word by Word

• pātālāt: from Pātāla (netherworld)
• pātālāt: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pātāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (and)

• samāyātāḥ: having come/arrived
• samāyātāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-√yā (या)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• tārakasya: of Tāraka
• tārakasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tāraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• upajīvinaḥ: dependents/servants (those who live by him)
• upajīvinaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: upajīvin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• ceruḥ: moved/went about
• ceruḥ: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √car (चर्)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• aṅga-bala-upetāḥ: endowed with bodily strength
• aṅga-bala-upetāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aṅga (प्रातिपदिक) + bala (प्रातिपदिक) + upeta (प्रातिपदिक; from upa-√i ‘इ’/√i ‘to go’ in sense ‘endowed’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (‘अङ्गबलैः उपेताः’ = endowed with bodily strength)

• hantu-kāmāḥ: desirous to kill
• hantu-kāmāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hantu (तुमुनन्त/कृदन्त from √han ‘हन्’) + kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (‘हन्तुं कामः’)

• surān: the gods
• surān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• raṇe: in battle
• raṇe: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: raṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) addressing the sages (deduced)

Characters & Entities

• Pātāla
• Tāraka
• Asuric forces (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma also mobilizes its forces; the Purāṇa frames conflict as a moral struggle extending across worlds.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The larger scene remains in/around Antarvedī, though this verse specifically mentions Pātāla as the origin of hostile forces.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is martial narration.