Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 102

Devanagari script

दंष्ट्राकरालं दुष्प्रेक्ष्यं शंखचक्रधरं प्रभुम् । दण्डहस्तं महानादं शार्ङ्गिणं भूतिभूषणम्

Transliteration

daṃṣṭrākarālaṃ duṣprekṣyaṃ śaṃkhacakradharaṃ prabhum | daṇḍahastaṃ mahānādaṃ śārṅgiṇaṃ bhūtibhūṣaṇam

Translation

พระองค์มีเขี้ยวโผล่ดุจคมเขา น่าสะพรึงและยากแก่การเพ่งมอง; พระผู้เป็นเจ้าทรงถือสังข์และจักร ทรงถือคทาในพระหัตถ์ เปล่งมหานาทกึกก้อง ทรงธนูศารฺงคะ และประดับด้วยวิภูติคือเถ้าศักดิ์สิทธิ์

Word by Word

• दंष्ट्राकरालम्: with terrifying fangs
• दंष्ट्राकरालम्: Karma-samānādhikaraṇa (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दंष्ट्रा-कराल (प्रातिपदिक; दंष्ट्रा + कराल)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• दुष्प्रेक्ष्यम्: hard to behold
• दुष्प्रेक्ष्यम्: Karma-samānādhikaraṇa (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्-प्रेक्ष्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; दुर् + √ईक्ष् + यत्/ण्यत्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कृदन्त (gerundive: ‘hard to look at’)

• शंखचक्रधरम्: bearing conch and discus
• शंखचक्रधरम्: Karma-samānādhikaraṇa (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शंख-चक्र-धर (प्रातिपदिक; शंख + चक्र + धर)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• प्रभुम्: the lord
• प्रभुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (अत्र विशेष्यरूपेण)

• दण्डहस्तम्: with a staff in hand
• दण्डहस्तम्: Karma-samānādhikaraṇa (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दण्ड-हस्त (प्रातिपदिक; दण्ड + हस्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• महानादम्: of great roar
• महानादम्: Karma-samānādhikaraṇa (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा-नाद (प्रातिपदिक; महा + नाद)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• शार्ङ्गिणम्: the bearer of Śārṅga (bow)
• शार्ङ्गिणम्: Karma-samānādhikaraṇa (Object qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शार्ङ्गिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘शार्ङ्ग’धनुर्धरः (epithet)

• भूतिभूषणम्: adorned with sacred ash/with splendor as ornament
• भूतिभूषणम्: Karma-samānādhikaraṇa (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भूति-भूषण (प्रातिपदिक; भूति + भूषण)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Sārasvata (descriptive narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gaṅgādvāra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Audience of the māhātmya (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A fearsome deity with protruding fangs, hard-to-gaze visage, holding conch and discus, a staff, and the Śārṅga bow; body marked with sacred ash, roaring like thunder.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra/Vīrabhadra (described)
• Śārṅga (bow)
• Śaṅkha
• Cakra
• Bhūti (vibhūti)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The divine protector can assume terrifying forms to subdue adharma; sacred ash signifies transcendence over ego and ritualistic pride.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader frame is Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Vastrāpathakṣetra-māhātmya), though this verse emphasizes divine form rather than a locale.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; “bhūti” (sacred ash) appears as an emblematic adornment rather than a prescribed rite.