Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 157

Devanagari script

ततस्तार्क्षअयं समारुद्य हरिस्तस्मिन्महारणे । ताम्रचूडं महासेन स्तारकं चाप्यधावताम्

Transliteration

tatastārkṣaayaṃ samārudya haristasminmahāraṇe | tāmracūḍaṃ mahāsena stārakaṃ cāpyadhāvatām

Translation

پھر اس عظیم معرکے میں ہری نے تارکشیہ (گرُڑ) پر سوار ہو کر پرواز کی۔ مہاسین تامراچوڑ اور تارک دونوں پر جھپٹ پڑا۔

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/अनुक्रम-अव्यय (adverb: then/thereafter)

• tārkṣyam: Tārkṣya (Garuḍa)
• tārkṣyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tārkṣya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; गरुड-नाम

• samārudya: having mounted
• samārudya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-ruh (रुह्-धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), अव्यय; उपसर्ग: सम्+आ

• hariḥ: Hari (Viṣṇu)
• hariḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• tasmin: in that
• tasmin: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; संकेत-सर्वनाम

• mahāraṇe: in the great battle
• mahāraṇe: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + raṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महच्च तत् रणम्)

• tāmra-cūḍam: Tāmracūḍa (one with a copper crest)
• tāmra-cūḍam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tāmra (प्रातिपदिक) + cūḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (ताम्रा चूडा यस्य सः) नामरूपेण

• mahāsena: O Mahāsena
• mahāsena: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahāsena (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• tārakam: Tāraka
• tārakam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tāraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• api: also
• api: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-भाव-अव्यय (also/even)

• adhāvatām: (the two) ran/charged
• adhāvatām: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dhāv (धाव्-धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), द्विवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग: अ (आङ्/अधि-भावे)

Speaker

Unspecified narrator (contextually Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Hari ascends Garuḍa in the thick of war; simultaneously Mahāsena charges toward Tāmracūḍa and Tāraka—two converging lines of attack amid dust, weapons, and banners.

Characters & Entities

• Hari
• Tārkṣya (Garuḍa)
• Mahāsena (Skanda)
• Tāmracūḍa
• Tāraka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma’s defense is portrayed as a coordinated divine effort—Hari and Skanda act together to subdue the forces of adharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is referenced; the verse is purely narrative of the battle.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.