Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

स शक्तिं च महातेजा वीरभद्रो हि तारकम् । त्रिशूलेन च घोरेण शिवस्यानुचरो बली

Transliteration

sa śaktiṃ ca mahātejā vīrabhadro hi tārakam | triśūlena ca ghoreṇa śivasyānucaro balī

Translation

وہ عظیم نور والا ویر بھدر—شیو کا طاقتور خادم—شکتی کے ہتھیار اور ہولناک ترشول سے تارک پر ٹوٹ پڑا۔

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• शक्तिम्: spear/energy-weapon (śakti)
• शक्तिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• महातेजाः: of great splendor
• महातेजाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महातेजस् (प्रातिपदिक: महा + तेजस्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• वीरभद्रः: Vīrabhadra
• वीरभद्रः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीरभद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• तारकम्: Tāraka
• तारकम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• त्रिशूलेन: with a trident
• त्रिशूलेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिशूल (प्रातिपदिक: त्रि + शूल)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• घोरेण: terrible
• घोरेण: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषण (त्रिशूलस्य)

• शिवस्य: of Śiva
• शिवस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• अनुचरः: attendant/follower
• अनुचरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुचर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• बली: mighty
• बली: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बलिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedārakṣetra (contextual frame)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vīrabhadra, blazing with tejas, rushes Tāraka; a spear-weapon is hurled and a fearsome trident is raised, with Śaiva iconography (matted locks, ash marks, gaṇa retinue) implied.

Characters & Entities

• Vīrabhadra
• Śiva
• Tāraka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion to Śiva (as anucara) is portrayed as a source of formidable power used in defense of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra region in the Skanda Purana’s Kedārakhaṇḍa; the verse contributes to the Śaiva atmosphere surrounding the sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.