Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

आजगाम कुमाराय विधुवन्स महाधनुः । आगच्छमानं तं दृष्ट्वा स्कंदः प्रत्युद्ययौ ततः

Transliteration

ājagāma kumārāya vidhuvansa mahādhanuḥ | āgacchamānaṃ taṃ dṛṣṭvā skaṃdaḥ pratyudyayau tataḥ

Translation

Pagkaraan, ang may tangan ng dakilang busog ay lumapit kay Kumāra habang pinapangalat ang mga hukbo. Nang makita siyang papalapit, si Skanda ay agad na sumulong upang salubungin siya.

Word by Word

• आजगाम: came, arrived
• आजगाम: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + √गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• कुमाराय: to Kumāra
• कुमाराय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुमार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; सम्प्रदान (dative)

• विधुवन्: shaking/brandishing
• विधुवन्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + √धू (धातु)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; ‘shaking/brandishing’

• स: he
• स: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• महाधनुः: the great bow
• महाधनुः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + धनुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; ‘महच्च तत् धनुः’

• आगच्छमानम्: (him) who was approaching
• आगच्छमानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + √गम् (धातु)
• Form: शानच् (present middle participle); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; ‘coming/approaching’

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); ‘having seen’

• स्कन्दः: Skanda
• स्कन्दः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्कन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• प्रत्युद्ययौ: went forth to meet (him)
• प्रत्युद्ययौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति + उद् + √या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्/अनन्तरम् (then/thereupon)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Tāraka, bow in hand, strides forward scattering hosts; Skanda, youthful yet radiant, immediately advances to meet him—two forces converging at the battlefield’s center.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda (Kumāra)
• Tāraka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma does not retreat before adharma; the divine protector actively confronts disorder to restore cosmic balance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; this is a battlefield moment within the Kaumārikā narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.