Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

इति संचिंत्य वज्रांगः कोपव्याकुललोचनः । प्रतिकर्तुं महेंद्राय तपो भूयो व्यवस्यत

Transliteration

iti saṃciṃtya vajrāṃgaḥ kopavyākulalocanaḥ | pratikartuṃ maheṃdrāya tapo bhūyo vyavasyata

Translation

یوں سوچ کر، وجراںگ—جس کی آنکھیں غضب سے بے قرار تھیں—مہا اندر سے بدلہ لینے کے لیے دوبارہ تپسیا کرنے کا عزم کر بیٹھا۔

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्तिसूचक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• संचिन्त्य: having reflected
• संचिन्त्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्+चिन्त् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• वज्राङ्गः: Vajrāṅga (one with thunderbolt-like body)
• वज्राङ्गः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वज्र + अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nom., Sg.); बहुव्रीहिः—वज्रं अङ्गं यस्य (one whose body is like a thunderbolt)

• कोपव्याकुललोचनः: whose eyes were disturbed by anger
• कोपव्याकुललोचनः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कोप + व्याकुल + लोचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nom., Sg.); बहुव्रीहिः—कोपेन व्याकुले लोचने यस्य (whose eyes are agitated with anger)

• प्रतिकर्तुम्: to retaliate; to counteract
• प्रतिकर्तुम्: Prayojana (Purpose)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति+कृ (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive)

• महेंद्राय: to Mahendra (Indra)
• महेंद्राय: Sampradāna (Recipient/Target)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन (Masculine, Dat., Sg.); समासः—महान् इन्द्रः (karmadhāraya)

• तपः: austerity; penance
• तपः: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Acc., Sg.)

• भूयः: again; further
• भूयः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस्/भूयः (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरावृत्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (adverb: again/more)

• व्यवस्यत: resolved; determined
• व्यवस्यत: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि+अव+सो (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद (Imperfect, 3rd sg., Parasmaipada)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced narrative voice describing events)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vajrāṅga with wrathful eyes, turning from speech to action: entering a forest/peak for austerity; posture rigid, hair matted, fire of tapas implied around him; Indra’s distant anxiety suggested.

Characters & Entities

• Vajrāṅga
• Indra (Mahendra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tapas magnifies intention; when driven by anger it fuels conflict, illustrating the Purāṇic caution about motive.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified in this verse; it is a narrative transition describing renewed austerity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tapas (austerity) is mentioned generally, without detailing a specific vrata in this line.