Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

तारकं च वधिष्यामि पश्य मेऽद्य पराक्रमम् । आनयंति च ये वीराः स्वामिनं रणसंसदि । ते पापिनो ह्यधर्मिष्ठा विमृशंतिरणं गताः

Transliteration

tārakaṃ ca vadhiṣyāmi paśya me'dya parākramam | ānayaṃti ca ye vīrāḥ svāminaṃ raṇasaṃsadi | te pāpino hyadharmiṣṭhā vimṛśaṃtiraṇaṃ gatāḥ

Translation

ข้าจักสังหารตารกะด้วย จงดูความกล้าหาญของข้าในวันนี้! และเหล่านักรบผู้พานายของตนเข้าสู่สมรภูมิ ชนผู้มีบาปและอธรรมเหล่านั้น เมื่อเข้าสู่สงครามแล้ว กลับเริ่มลังเลใจ

Word by Word

• तारकम्: Tāraka (the demon)
• तारकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• वधिष्यामि: I will kill
• वधिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वध् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Future), उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• पश्य: see!
• पश्य: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)

• पराक्रमम्: valor, prowess
• पराक्रमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पराक्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• आनयन्ति: they bring
• आनयन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-नी (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• वीराः: heroes, warriors
• वीराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• स्वामिनम्: (their) lord/master
• स्वामिनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वामिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• रणसंसदि: in the assembly of battle
• रणसंसदि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण + संसद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (रणस्य संसत्)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• पापिनः: sinful
• पापिनः: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पापिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis/indeed)

• अधर्मिष्ठाः: most unrighteous
• अधर्मिष्ठाः: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधर्मिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण; -इष्ठ प्रत्यय (superlative sense)

• विमृशन्ति: they consider, deliberate
• विमृशन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-मृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• रणम्: battle
• रणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• गताः: gone, having entered
• गताः: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गम् (धातु) + गत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Vīrabhadra

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (Kedāranātha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vīrabhadra, fierce and radiant, proclaims the slaying of Tāraka; behind him a tumult of warriors and banners; the devas watch, tense, as the battlefield-assembly is invoked.

Characters & Entities

• Tāraka
• Vīrabhadra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The verse voices a warrior’s ethic of decisive action, yet the narrative context warns that pride and anger can mislabel prudence as ‘adharma’.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedārakhaṇḍa setting relates to the Kedāra sacred region; this verse is character speech within that larger tīrtha-focused text.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a martial declaration and moral accusation.