Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

जगर्जुरसुरास्तत्र देवान्प्रति कृतोद्यमाः । शिवकोपोद्भवो वीरो वीरभद्रो रुषान्वितः

Transliteration

jagarjurasurāstatra devānprati kṛtodyamāḥ | śivakopodbhavo vīro vīrabhadro ruṣānvitaḥ

Translation

وہاں اسور دیوتاؤں پر چڑھائی کے لیے کمر بستہ ہو کر دھاڑنے لگے؛ اور شِو کے غضب سے پیدا ہونے والا بہادر، ویر بھدر، غصّے سے بھر کر کھڑا تھا۔

Word by Word

• jagarjuḥ: roared
• jagarjuḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: garj (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• asurāḥ: demons
• asurāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Place/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: 'there')

• devān: the gods
• devān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• prati: towards/against
• prati: Sampradana/Direction (प्रति-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prati (अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्ग/अव्यय (preposition-like indeclinable: 'towards/against')

• kṛta-udyamāḥ: having made preparations/ready for action
• kṛta-udyamāḥ: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛta + udyama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण (of asurāḥ); (kṛtaḥ udyamaḥ yeṣām)

• śiva-kopa-udbhavaḥ: born from Śiva's wrath
• śiva-kopa-udbhavaḥ: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śiva + kopa + udbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (of vīraḥ/vīrabhadraḥ); बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (śivasya kopaḥ; tasmāt udbhavaḥ)

• vīraḥ: hero
• vīraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vīra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• vīrabhadraḥ: Vīrabhadra
• vīrabhadraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vīrabhadra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• ruṣā-anvitaḥ: endowed with anger
• ruṣā-anvitaḥ: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ruṣā + anvita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण; तृतीया-तत्पुरुष (ruṣayā anvitaḥ)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedārakṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Implied Purāṇic audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Asuras roar and surge forward; Vīrabhadra, born of Śiva’s wrath, stands blazing with fury—an embodiment of Rudra’s battle-energy confronting chaos.

Characters & Entities

• Asuras
• Devas
• Śiva
• Vīrabhadra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s protective power manifests to uphold cosmic order when dharma is threatened.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra region (Kedārakhaṇḍa); the verse itself highlights the divine protector (Vīrabhadra) within that sacred narrative frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.