Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

नवकोटियुतोऽनेन पलाशी निहतः पुरा । क्षणादेव च पाताले श्रूयते महदद्भुतम्

Transliteration

navakoṭiyuto'nena palāśī nihataḥ purā | kṣaṇādeva ca pātāle śrūyate mahadadbhutam

Translation

پہلے اسی نے نو کروڑ کے ساتھ پالاشی کو قتل کیا تھا؛ اور ایک ہی لمحے میں اسے پاتال میں گرا دیا گیا—یہ بڑی ہی عجیب بات سنی جاتی ہے۔

Word by Word

• नवकोटियुतः: possessing nine crores (of followers)
• नवकोटियुतः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नव (प्रातिपदिक) + कोटि (प्रातिपदिक) + युत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √युज्)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (नव-कोटि-युतः ‘nine-crore-endowed’); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st); एकवचन

• अनेन: by him/with this one
• अनेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); एकवचन

• पलाशी: Palāśī (a being/person)
• पलाशी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पलाशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• निहतः: was slain
• निहतः: Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + हन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st); एकवचन

• पुरा: formerly, earlier
• पुरा: Kala-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (adverb of time)

• क्षणात्: in a moment, instantly (from a moment)
• क्षणात्: Apadana (Source/starting point/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative); एकवचन

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण

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

• पाताले: in the netherworld
• पाताले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाताल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन

• श्रूयते: is heard, is said
• श्रूयते: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• महत्: great
• महत्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd); एकवचन

• अद्भुतम्: a wonder, marvel
• अद्भुतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अद्भुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd); एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (reporting a famed feat)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pātāla (cosmic realm reference)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A formidable foe named Palāśī with an immense host (nine koṭis) is struck down; the defeated figure plunges instantly into the dark, serpent-haunted depths of Pātāla—an awe-filled cosmic drop.

Characters & Entities

• Palāśī
• Pātāla

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic history presents marvels to affirm that divine grace and dharmic power can overturn even vast opposing forces.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not named in this verse; the feat is recounted within the Guptakṣetra-centered chapter that links power to sacred place and worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a commemorative statement of a wondrous exploit.