Shloka 12

The Slaying of Tāreya

Devanagari script

धृत्वा तं प्रतिचिक्षेप कालमृत्युसमप्रभं । पार्वतीनंदनेनापि शूलं पाशुपतेन ह

Transliteration

dhṛtvā taṃ praticikṣepa kālamṛtyusamaprabhaṃ | pārvatīnaṃdanenāpi śūlaṃ pāśupatena ha

Translation

他一把夺住，便将其掷回——光辉如同时间与死亡；甚至由帕尔瓦蒂之子所执的帕舒帕塔三叉戟，也被如此反掷回去。

Word by Word

• dhṛtvā: having held
• dhṛtvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dhṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकाल (having held)

• tam: that (weapon)
• tam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; संदर्भः śūlam

• prati-cikṣepa: threw back/against
• prati-cikṣepa: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṣip (धातु) with prati- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; उपसर्गयुक्त

• kāla-mṛtyu-sama-prabham: having a radiance like Time and Death
• kāla-mṛtyu-sama-prabham: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक) + mṛtyu (प्रातिपदिक) + sama (प्रातिपदिक) + prabha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समूह (kāla-mṛtyu = 'Time and Death' as a dual notion) + उपमान-तत्पुरुष (sama-prabha = 'having radiance like'), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying tam/śūlam)

• pārvatī-nandanena: by Pārvatī's son (Skanda)
• pārvatī-nandanena: Kartṛ-karaṇa (कर्ता/करण—agent in instrumental)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārvatī (प्रातिपदिक) + nandana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ('son of Pārvatī'), पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• api: also/even
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle) = 'also/even'

• śūlam: the spear/trident
• śūlam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śūla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• pāśupatena: Pāśupata (Śiva-related)
• pāśupatena: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāśupata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषणम्—'Pāśupata (of Paśupati/Śiva)' qualifying śūlam

• ha: indeed (emphatic)
• ha: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ha (अव्यय)
• Form: स्मरण/विस्मयादि निपात (expletive particle, narrative emphasis)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; specific speaker not identifiable from this single verse alone)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhayanaka

Secondary Rasa: vira

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: pārvatī-nandanena api → pārvatīnaṃdanenāpi; kāla-mṛtyu-sama-prabham treated as a multi-member tatpuruṣa chain qualifying śūlam.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī
• Pārvatī-nandana (son of Pārvatī)
• Pāśupata (Śiva’s epithet/weapon-power)
• Kāla (Time)
• Mṛtyu (Death)

FAQs

Who is “Pārvatī’s son” in this verse?

The phrase “pārvatī-nandana” literally means “son of Pārvatī.” In Purāṇic usage it commonly refers to Gaṇeśa or Skanda (Kārttikeya); the exact referent depends on the surrounding narrative context of Adhyaya 69.

What is meant by “Pāśupata” here?

“Pāśupata” denotes Śiva in his lordship over beings (Paśupati) and, by extension, the formidable Śaiva weapon/power associated with him. Here it qualifies the “śūla” (trident) as Śiva-associated (Pāśupata).

What is the ethical or theological point conveyed by the imagery of Kāla and Mṛtyu?

Comparing the weapon’s radiance to Time and Death underscores overwhelming, inescapable power; the verse then heightens the narrative theme of divine prowess by showing even such terrifying force being met and repelled.