Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

तं प्रहारचिंत्यैव निमिर्निर्भयपौरुषः । ऐरावतं कटीदेशे मुद्गरेणाभ्यताडयत्

Transliteration

taṃ prahāraciṃtyaiva nimirnirbhayapauruṣaḥ | airāvataṃ kaṭīdeśe mudgareṇābhyatāḍayat

Translation

صرف وار کی فکر میں، بے خوف بہادری والے نِمی نے مُدگر سے ایراوت کے پہلو (کمر کے پاس) پر زور دار ضرب لگائی۔

Word by Word

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

• प्रहारचिन्त्य: having thought of striking / considering it a blow
• प्रहारचिन्त्य: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण/भाव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रहार (प्रातिपदिक) + चिन्त्य (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; √चिन्त्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (प्रहारः चिन्त्यः = ‘to be considered as a blow’/‘thinking of striking’)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अवधारण/निश्चयार्थक निपात)

• निमिः: Nimi
• निमिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निमि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• निर्भयपौरुषः: one whose valor is fearless
• निर्भयपौरुषः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्भय (प्रातिपदिक) + पौरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (निर्भयं पौरुषं यस्य)

• ऐरावतम्: Airāvata (Indra’s elephant)
• ऐरावतम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऐरावत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• कटीदेशे: on the hip/waist region
• कटीदेशे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कटी (प्रातिपदिक) + देश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कटीदेशः)

• मुद्गरेण: with a hammer/mace
• मुद्गरेण: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुद्गर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• अभ्यताडयत्: struck hard/beat
• अभ्यताडयत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि + आ + तड् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nimi, fearless and intent only on the strike, swings his heavy mace into Airāvata’s flank; the blow lands with crushing certainty.

Characters & Entities

• Nimi
• Airāvata

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Fearless resolve and disciplined focus in one’s duty (kṣātra-dharma) are portrayed as decisive in conflict.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is praised in this verse; it is part of a martial narrative within the Māheśvara-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse describes a battlefield strike.