Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

ततो विष्णुः स्वयं क्रुद्धश्चक्रं गृह्य सुदर्शनम् । सम्प्रहरत्यमुं यावद्रुक्मिण्यात्र निवारितः

Transliteration

tato viṣṇuḥ svayaṃ kruddhaścakraṃ gṛhya sudarśanam | sampraharatyamuṃ yāvadrukmiṇyātra nivāritaḥ

Translation

تب وشنو خود غضبناک ہو کر سدرشن چکر تھامے اور اسے مارنے ہی والے تھے کہ وہیں رُکمِنی نے انہیں روک لیا۔

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: देश/क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: then/thereupon)

• viṣṇuḥ: Viṣṇu
• viṣṇuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• svayam: himself
• svayam: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: svayam (अव्यय)
• Form: स्वार्थक-अव्यय (reflexive adverb)

• kruddhaḥ: angry
• kruddhaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: krudh (धातु) + kta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (viṣṇuḥ)

• cakram: discus
• cakram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cakra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• gṛhya: having taken
• gṛhya: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: grah (धातु) + lyap (कृत्)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय-कृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), ‘having taken’

• sudarśanam: Sudarśana (the discus)
• sudarśanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: su-darśana (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः (sundaraṃ darśanaṃ yasya/tat = ‘beautiful to behold’, name of the discus)

• sampraharati: strikes/attacks
• sampraharati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-pra-√hṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• amum: that one (him)
• amum: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adas (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• yāvat: until
• yāvat: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/अवधि-वाचक-अव्यय (until/as long as)

• rukmiṇyā: by Rukmiṇī
• rukmiṇyā: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rukmiṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place: here)

• nivāritaḥ: was restrained/stopped
• nivāritaḥ: Kriya (Result state/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-√vṛ (धातु) + ṇic (causative) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘restrained/checked’

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic storyteller within Revā Khaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Yodhanīpura

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viṣṇu, angered, lifts the Sudarśana cakra to strike Rukma; Rukmiṇī intervenes, physically and emotionally restraining Him at the critical instant.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu (Keśava)
• Sudarśana Cakra
• Rukmiṇī
• Rukma (implied target)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Power guided by compassion becomes dharma—Rukmiṇī’s intervention shows that restraint can be higher than victory.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is praised in this line; it is a narrative moment within Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.