Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

एवमुक्तः शंकरेण वीरभद्रस्त्वरान्वितः । कबंधमानयित्वाथ शंभोरग्रे तदाक्षिपत्

Transliteration

evamuktaḥ śaṃkareṇa vīrabhadrastvarānvitaḥ | kabaṃdhamānayitvātha śaṃbhoragre tadākṣipat

Translation

ครั้นถูกพระศังกรตรัสดังนั้น วีรภัทรก็รีบร้อนนำกะพันธะ—ร่างไร้ศีรษะ—มาวางทิ้งลงเบื้องหน้าพระศัมภู

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (adverb: ‘thus’)

• उक्तः: addressed / told
• उक्तः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वच् (धातु) → उक्त (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP): ‘having been told/addressed’

• शङ्करेण: by Śaṅkara
• शङ्करेण: Karana (Agent-instrument in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• वीरभद्रः: Vīrabhadra
• वीरभद्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीरभद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• त्वरान्वितः: endowed with haste
• त्वरान्वितः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्वरा (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्वित (कृदन्त, क्त; √इ/अन्वि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः: त्वरया अन्वितः (तृतीया-तत्पुरुष)

• कबन्धम्: a trunkless body / torso
• कबन्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कबन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• आनयित्वा: having brought
• आनयित्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ+नी (धातु) → आनयित्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive): ‘having brought’

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक अव्यय (then/thereupon)

• शम्भोः: of Śambhu
• शम्भोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम्भु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• अग्रे: in front
• अग्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘in front’

• तत्: that (it)
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• आक्षिपत्: threw / cast
• आक्षिपत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ+क्षिप् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vīrabhadra, moving swiftly, drags or carries a headless trunk and throws it before Śambhu; gaṇas recoil or watch; the sacrificial ground is strewn with debris.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkara
• Vīrabhadra
• Śambhu
• Dakṣa (implied by context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine justice is swift; arrogance in religion can reduce even a grand sacrifice to ruin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it is part of the Kedārakhaṇḍa’s Śaiva instructional narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates the presentation of the headless trunk before Śiva.