Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

तद्दृष्ट्वा शिवनामांकैस्ताडितं भगवान्हरिः । चक्रं शरैस्ततः कुद्धो गृहीत्वा च करेण तत् । जगाम तत्र यत्रास्ते सोमेशः कालभैरवः

Transliteration

taddṛṣṭvā śivanāmāṃkaistāḍitaṃ bhagavānhariḥ | cakraṃ śaraistataḥ kuddho gṛhītvā ca kareṇa tat | jagāma tatra yatrāste someśaḥ kālabhairavaḥ

Translation

جب بھگوان ہری نے دیکھا کہ اس کے چکر پر شیو کے نام سے نشان زدہ تیروں کی ضرب لگی ہے تو وہ غضبناک ہوا۔ وہ چکر ہاتھ میں لے کر وہاں گیا جہاں سومیش—کال بھیرَو—قیام پذیر ہے۔

Word by Word

• tat: that (thing)
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial to main action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय-भावकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘having seen’

• śiva-nāma-aṅkaiḥ: by marks bearing Śiva’s name
• śiva-nāma-aṅkaiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक) + nāman (प्रातिपदिक) + aṅka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Instrumental, Plural); समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘शिवस्य नाम’ इति) + तत्पुरुष (‘नाम-अङ्क’)

• tāḍitam: struck, beaten
• tāḍitam: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tāḍ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (agreeing with ‘tat’)

• bhagavān: the Blessed Lord
• bhagavān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• hariḥ: Hari (Viṣṇu)
• hariḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular); ‘bhagavān hariḥ’ समानाधिकरण

• cakram: discus
• cakram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cakra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• śaraiḥ: with arrows
• śaraiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Instrumental, Plural)

• tataḥ: then, thereafter
• tataḥ: Kāla/Anvaya (Temporal sequence/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-प्रकारः—सम्बन्ध/क्रमवाचक (then/thereupon)

• kruddhaḥ: angered
• kruddhaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: krudh (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP used adjectivally); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (agreeing with ‘hariḥ’)

• gṛhītvā: having seized
• gṛhītvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: grah (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय-भावकृदन्त (Gerund), ‘having taken’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• kareṇa: with (his) hand
• kareṇa: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Instrumental, Singular)

• tat: that (discus)
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular); ‘cakram’ पुनरुक्त-सर्वनाम

• jagāma: went
• jagāma: Kriyā (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (3rd person singular)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikaraṇa (Relative location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सम्बन्ध-देशवाचक (relative adverb: where)

• āste: is seated, remains
• āste: Kriyā (Relative clause verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ās (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद (3rd person singular)

• someśaḥ: Lord of Soma
• someśaḥ: Karta (Subject of ‘āste’/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: soma + īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘सोमस्य ईशः’)

• kālabhairavaḥ: Kālabhairava
• kālabhairavaḥ: Karta (Apposition to someśaḥ/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla + bhairava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (‘कालरूपः भैरवः’)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kālabhairava-sthāna (within Kāśī) / Someśa (as named here)

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Hari, gripping the discus, sees it pierced by arrows bearing Śiva’s name; his eyes blaze with controlled fury as he strides toward a fierce shrine where Someśa-Kālabhairava stands as guardian, surrounded by cremation-ground iconography.

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Cakra
• Śiva-nāma marks
• Someśa
• Kālabhairava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even divine anger is drawn toward the kṣetra where the Lord abides; the sacred site becomes the arena where conflict is resolved under dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa kṣetra, where Someśa/Kālabhairava is said to reside in this narrative context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse highlights the presence (sānnidhya) of Someśa/Kālabhairava as spiritually consequential.