Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 76
Devanagari script
तारक उवाच । कुमारो मेग्रतश्चाद्य भवद्भिश्च कथं कृतः । यूयं गतत्रपा देवा येषां राजा पुरंदरः
Transliteration
tāraka uvāca | kumāro megrataścādya bhavadbhiśca kathaṃ kṛtaḥ | yūyaṃ gatatrapā devā yeṣāṃ rājā puraṃdaraḥ
Translation
ตารกะกล่าวว่า: “วันนี้พวกท่านทำให้กุมารมายืนต่อหน้าข้าได้อย่างไร? โอ้เหล่าเทพ ท่านช่างไร้ความละอาย—กษัตริย์ของท่านคือปุรันทร (อินทรา)!”
Word by Word
तारकःTāraka
तारकः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतारक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
कुमारःthe boy/son (Kumāra)
कुमारः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकुमार (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
मेmy
मे:
Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (6th/Genitive) एकवचन; सर्वनाम
अग्रतःin front
अग्रतः:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय; स्थानवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of place)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)
अद्यtoday/now
अद्य:
Kala (Time/काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअद्य (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time)
भवद्भिःby you (all)
भवद्भिः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootभवत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; आदरार्थक सर्वनाम
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)
कथम्how
कथम्:
Prashna (Interrogative/प्रश्न)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकथम् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रश्नवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (interrogative adverb)
कृतःmade/done/created
कृतः:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु) + कृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे विधेय (predicate)
यूयम्you (all)
यूयम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम
गतत्रपाःshameless (with shame gone)
गतत्रपाः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootगत (कृदन्त) + त्रपा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसमासः कर्मधारयः (गताः त्रपाः येषाम्/येषु); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण
देवाःO gods
देवाः:
Sambodhana/Addressed (Vocative sense/सम्बोधनार्थ)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
येषाम्whose
येषाम्:
Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम
राजाking
राजा:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootराजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
पुरंदरःPurandara (Indra)
पुरंदरः:
Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootपुरंदर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषनाम (इन्द्र)
Speaker
Tāraka
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (contextual frame)
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Tāraka confronts the assembled Devas, mocking their ‘shamelessness’ and naming Indra (Purandara) as their king, while Kumāra stands before him as the Devas’ hope.
Characters & Entities
T
TārakaK
Kumāra (Skanda)I
Indra (Purandara)D
DevasFAQs
Mockery of the righteous and contempt for divine order are classic marks of adharma, preceding its collapse.
No; the verse is a direct speech in the battle narrative.
None.