Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 192

Devanagari script

तक्षकः कालकूटाख्यं बहुरूपेति नाम च । हालाहलं च कर्कोट एकाक्ष इति नाम च

Transliteration

takṣakaḥ kālakūṭākhyaṃ bahurūpeti nāma ca | hālāhalaṃ ca karkoṭa ekākṣa iti nāma ca

Translation

تکشک کو ‘کالکُوٹ’ کہا جاتا ہے، اور اس کا دوسرا نام ‘بہوروپ’ (کئی روپ والا) بھی ہے۔ کرکوٹ کو ‘ہالاہل’ کہا جاتا ہے، اور اس کا نام ‘ایکاکش’ (ایک آنکھ والا) بھی ہے۔

Word by Word

• तक्षकः: Takṣaka
• तक्षकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तक्षक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कालकूटाख्यम्: called ‘Kālakūṭa’
• कालकूटाख्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कालकूट-आख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (लिङ्गस्य/नाम्नः)—‘called Kālakūṭa’

• बहुरूपे: ‘Bahurūpa’ (many-formed)
• बहुरूपे: Karma (Name/Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बहु-रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; इति-शब्देन नामरूपेण

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण-चिह्न

• नाम: name
• नाम: Sambandha (Apposition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नाम-निर्देश

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• हालाहलम्: Hālāhala (poison)
• हालाहलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हालाहल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• कर्कोटः: Karkoṭa
• कर्कोटः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्कोट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• एकाक्षः: Ekākṣa (one-eyed)
• एकाक्षः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एक-अक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—‘one-eyed’ (as a name/epithet)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण-चिह्न

• नाम: name
• नाम: Sambandha (Apposition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नाम-निर्देश

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Takṣaka, radiant yet fearsome, worships a dark, swirling liṅga named ‘Kālakūṭa’ with shifting colors (‘Bahurūpa’). Karkoṭa worships a liṅga marked by a single blazing eye (‘Ekākṣa’), the poison-cloud subdued into an aura.

Characters & Entities

• Takṣaka
• Kālakūṭa
• Bahurūpa
• Hālāhala
• Karkoṭa
• Ekākṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even terrifying forces symbolized by poisons and nāgas are placed within a sacred framework through divine names, indicating Śiva’s mastery over fear and death.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified in this verse; it continues the catalog-like praise associated with Śatarudrīya themes.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the implied practice is devotional remembrance/recitation of sacred names.