Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

अजेयो हि महाञ्जातो रावणो लोकरावणः । सृष्ट्यंतरं कृतं येन प्रसादाच्छंकरस्य च

Transliteration

ajeyo hi mahāñjāto rāvaṇo lokarāvaṇaḥ | sṛṣṭyaṃtaraṃ kṛtaṃ yena prasādācchaṃkarasya ca

Translation

بےشک راون—جو جہانوں کا ہراس ہے—عظیم قوت کے ساتھ ناقابلِ شکست پیدا ہوا؛ شنکر کے فضل سے اس نے دنیا کے قائم شدہ نظام میں بھی تبدیلی برپا کر دی۔

Word by Word

• अजेयः: unconquerable
• अजेयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अजेय (कृदन्त; √जि धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; नञ्-पूर्वक-विशेषण (अ- + जेय) — Masculine, Nominative, Singular; adjectival participial derivative

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha/Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphasis)

• महान्: great
• महान्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण — Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जातः: born/come into being
• जातः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जात (कृदन्त; √जन् धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोग-सामर्थ्य — Past participle (kta), Masculine, Nominative, Singular; 'born/come to be'

• रावणः: Rāvaṇa
• रावणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रावण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• लोकरावणः: the terror of the worlds
• लोकरावणः: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक + रावण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (लोकानां रावणः) — Masculine, Nominative, Singular; genitive tatpuruṣa

• सृष्ट्यन्तरम्: another creation / a different creation
• सृष्ट्यन्तरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सृष्टि + अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सृष्टेः अन्तरम्) — Neuter, Accusative, Singular; genitive tatpuruṣa

• कृतम्: made/created
• कृतम्: Karma (Object complement/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृत (कृदन्त; √कृ धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि — Past participle (kta), Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular; 'made/done'

• येन: by whom
• येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन — Instrumental Singular (relative pronoun)

• प्रसादात्: from the grace
• प्रसादात्: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन — Masculine, Ablative, Singular

• शंकरस्य: of Śaṅkara
• शंकरस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन — Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordinator)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A towering, many-armed Rāvaṇa stands in fierce ascetic radiance, crowned and formidable, while an unseen Śaṅkara’s boon-power is implied as a haloed, ash-white aura altering the cosmic balance around him.

Characters & Entities

• Rāvaṇa
• Śaṅkara (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine boons can magnify one’s capacity; when driven by ego, that power disturbs loka-dharma and cosmic balance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedāra sacred landscape frames the chapter, but this verse highlights the consequence of Śiva’s boon rather than a particular location.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly.