Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 191

Devanagari script

वायुं पदा तदाक्षिप्य पातयामास भूतले । धनेशं तद्धनुष्कोट्या कुट्टयामास कोपनः

Transliteration

vāyuṃ padā tadākṣipya pātayāmāsa bhūtale | dhaneśaṃ taddhanuṣkoṭyā kuṭṭayāmāsa kopanaḥ

Translation

اس نے پاؤں سے وायु کو ٹھوکر مار کر پرے پھینکا اور زمین پر گرا دیا؛ اور غضب میں کمان کی نوک سے دھنیش (کبیر) کو کچل کر مارا۔

Word by Word

• वायुम्: Vāyu (wind-god)
• वायुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पदा: with the foot
• पदा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तत्: then/that
• तत्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम; (क्रियाविशेषण-भावे ‘then/that’)

• आक्षिप्य: having struck/dragged/jerked
• आक्षिप्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ√क्षिप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)

• पातयामास: felled/caused to fall
• पातयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पत् (धातु; causative)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Periphrastic Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग

• भूतले: on the ground
• भूतले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूतल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• धनेशम्: Dhanēśa (Kubera)
• धनेशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (धनस्य ईशः)

• तद्धनुष्कोट्या: with the tip/end of his bow
• तद्धनुष्कोट्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् + धनुस् + कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (तस्य धनुषः कोट्या)

• कुट्टयामास: pounded/beat
• कुट्टयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कुट्ट् (धातु; intensive/causative-like denom)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Periphrastic Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• कोपनः: wrathful
• कोपनः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कोपन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (qualifying daitya understood)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa framing)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The demon kicks Vāyu and flings him down to the earth; then, raging, he batters Kubera (Dhaneśa) with the tip of his bow—an indignity that topples the lord of wealth.

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu
• Dhaneśa (Kubera)
• Dānava/Daitya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly powers—wealth (Kubera) and force of nature (Vāyu)—are not ultimate; dharma is upheld by divine purpose, not by any single power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No sacred geography appears explicitly; the passage is a combat sequence within the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.