Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 80

Devanagari script

क्रुद्धस्तेषु ततः स्कंदः शक्तिं घोरामथाददे । अभ्यस्यमाने शक्त्यस्त्रे स्कंदनामिततेजसा

Transliteration

kruddhasteṣu tataḥ skaṃdaḥ śaktiṃ ghorāmathādade | abhyasyamāne śaktyastre skaṃdanāmitatejasā

Translation

Phẫn nộ trước chúng, Skanda liền cầm lấy ngọn giáo Śakti ghê rợn. Khi vũ khí Śakti được Skanda—Đấng rực sáng vô lượng—khởi động…

Word by Word

• kruddhaḥ: angered
• kruddhaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: krudh (धातु) → kruddha (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; adjectival participle ‘angered’

• teṣu: among them / towards them
• teṣu: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक, पुंलिङ्ग (सामान्यतः), सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन; locative ‘among/with regard to them’

• tataḥ: then / thereafter
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Context/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-प्रकारः—काल/क्रमवाचक (adverb of sequence)

• skaṃdaḥ: Skanda
• skaṃdaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: skaṃda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• śaktim: spear / śakti-weapon
• śaktim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• ghorām: terrible
• ghorām: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ghora (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying śaktiṃ)

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-प्रकारः—अनन्तरार्थक/प्रस्तावक (then/now)

• adade: took / seized
• adade: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• abhyasyamāne: while being employed/practised
• abhyasyamāne: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: abhi-√as (धातु) → abhyasyamāna (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्त (शानच्/मान-प्रत्यय, वर्तमानकालिक), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; locative absolute sense ‘while being practised/used’

• śaktyastre: in the śakti-weapon (missile)
• śaktyastre: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakti + astra (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/उपपद-सम्बन्धः: ‘śaktyāḥ astraṃ’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• skaṃda-nāmita-tejasā: by the energy/effulgence directed by Skanda
• skaṃda-nāmita-tejasā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: skaṃda + nāmita (√nam, कृदन्त) + tejas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कर्मधारय/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध-प्रधानः: ‘skaṃdena nāmitaṃ tejaḥ’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करणवाचक (instrumental)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Skanda, blazing with immeasurable splendor, lifts the dreadful Śakti-spear; the moment is poised between wrath and release, with the battlefield tense and expectant.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• Śakti-astra
• Daitya warriors

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine anger is not mere emotion but a force that protects righteousness when oppression becomes excessive.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; the passage is martial and theological rather than geographical.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.