Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

अनंतरं शांतभयं तदस्त्रं दैत्यास्त्रयोगेन च कालदण्डम् । शांतं तदालोक्य हरिः स्वमस्त्रं कोपेन कालानलतुल्यमूर्तिः

Transliteration

anaṃtaraṃ śāṃtabhayaṃ tadastraṃ daityāstrayogena ca kāladaṇḍam | śāṃtaṃ tadālokya hariḥ svamastraṃ kopena kālānalatulyamūrtiḥ

Translation

Chẳng bao lâu sau, vũ khí ấy—nỗi kinh hoàng đã lắng—và cả Kāladaṇḍa cũng được làm yên nhờ sự triển khai các phi tiễn của Daitya. Thấy chúng đã bị trấn tĩnh, Hari, trong cơn phẫn nộ có hình tướng như ngọn lửa tận thế, liền cầm lấy vũ khí của chính mình.

Word by Word

• anantaram: immediately thereafter
• anantaram: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: anantara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb): ‘अनन्तरम्’ = ततः परम् (immediately thereafter)

• śāntabhayam: with fear pacified / fear-quelled
• śāntabhayam: Viśeṣaṇa (of astram)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śānta + bhaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास: ‘शान्तं भयम्’ (fear that is pacified)

• tat: that
• tat: Viśeṣaṇa (of astram)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (demonstrative)

• astram: weapon, missile
• astram: Karma (Object) / or Karta (if taken as subject of śāntam)
• Type: Noun
• Root: astra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• daityāstrayogena: by the application of demon-weapons
• daityāstrayogena: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya + astra + yoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास: ‘दैत्यानाम् अस्त्राणां योगः’ (application/combination of demon-weapons)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/ conjunction)

• kāladaṇḍam: the rod of Kāla (Death)
• kāladaṇḍam: Karma (Object) (co-ordinate with astram)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla + daṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: ‘कालस्य दण्डः’ (rod of Time/Death)

• śāntam: pacified, calmed
• śāntam: Viśeṣaṇa (of tat/astram/kāladaṇḍam)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śānta (प्रातिपदिक; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त from √śam उपशमे)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle): ‘शान्तम्’ = pacified

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object of ālokya)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ālokya: having seen
• ālokya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (absolutive; prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ā-√lok (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund): ‘आलोक्य’ = having seen/observed

• hariḥ: Hari (Viṣṇu)
• hariḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• svam: his own
• svam: Viśeṣaṇa (of astram)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; स्व-शब्द (reflexive adjective)

• astram: weapon, missile
• astram: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: astra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• kopena: with anger / out of wrath
• kopena: Karaṇa/Hetu (Instrument/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kopa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• kālānalatulyamūrtiḥ: (he) whose form was like the fire of Time
• kālānalatulyamūrtiḥ: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (apposition to hariḥ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla + anala + tulya + mūrti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि: ‘कालानलेन तुल्या मूर्तिः यस्य सः’ (whose form is like the fire of Time)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A battlefield moment of sudden stillness: a terrifying weapon and the Kāladaṇḍa are pacified; then Hari, blazing like pralaya-fire, prepares his own weapon.

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Kāladaṇḍa
• Daityas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even when danger subsides, unresolved hostility can rekindle; divine wrath is portrayed as cosmic, urging humans toward self-restraint.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.