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Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 15

तारक-कुमार-युद्धवर्णनम् / Description of the Battle between Tāraka and Kumāra

Devanagari script

श्रुत्वा तदा तां गगने समीरितां वाचं शुभां सप्रमथेस्समावृतः । निहंतुकामः सुखितः कुमारको दैत्याधिपं तारकमाश्वभूत्तदा

Transliteration

śrutvā tadā tāṃ gagane samīritāṃ vācaṃ śubhāṃ sapramathessamāvṛtaḥ | nihaṃtukāmaḥ sukhitaḥ kumārako daityādhipaṃ tārakamāśvabhūttadā

Translation

俱摩罗听闻那在空中回响的吉祥之声，周围又有普罗摩他众随侍，心生欢喜，起诛敌之志；随即启程前往达那婆之主塔罗迦。

Word by Word
श्रुत्वाhaving heard
श्रुत्वा:
पूर्वकालक्रिया (Pūrvakāla-kriyā/Gerund)
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund) — ‘having heard’
तदाthen
तदा:
सम्बन्ध/क्रियाविशेषण (Temporal)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय — कालवाचक (temporal adverb)
ताम्that (her/it)
ताम्:
कर्म (Karma/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन — Pronoun, accusative singular
गगनेin the sky
गगने:
अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootगगन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण/7th case), एकवचन — Locative singular
समीरिताम्uttered
समीरिताम्:
कर्म-विशेषण (Qualifier of object)
TypeAdjective
Rootसम्-ईर् (धातु)
Formक्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — PPP agreeing with वाचम् ‘uttered/spoken’
वाचम्speech / voice
वाचम्:
कर्म (Karma/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootवाच्/वाणी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन — Accusative singular
शुभाम्auspicious
शुभाम्:
कर्म-विशेषण (Qualifier of object)
TypeAdjective
Rootशुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Adjective agreeing with वाचम्
स-प्रमथैःwith the Pramathas (Śiva’s attendants)
स-प्रमथैः:
सहकारक (Sahakāraka/Accompaniment)
TypeNoun
Rootस (अव्यय उपसर्गार्थ) + प्रमथ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (सह/करण), बहुवचन — Instrumental plural; ‘together with the Pramathas’ (सह-भाव)
समावृतःsurrounded
समावृतः:
क्रिया (Kriyā/Predicative participle)
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-आ-वृ (धातु)
Formक्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — PPP predicative ‘surrounded/encircled’
निहन्तु-कामःdesiring to kill
निहन्तु-कामः:
कर्ता-विशेषण (Qualifier of subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootनि-हन् (धातु) + काम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative singular; समासः तत्पुरुष (उपपद-तत्पुरुष) ‘desirous to slay’ (infinitival sense)
सुखितःgladdened
सुखितः:
कर्ता-विशेषण (Qualifier of subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootसुखित (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative singular; predicate adjective
कुमारकःthe young Kumāra
कुमारकः:
कर्ता (Kartā/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootकुमारक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative singular
दैत्याधिपम्lord of the Daityas
दैत्याधिपम्:
कर्म (Karma/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootदैत्य+अधिप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन — Accusative singular; समासः तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष) ‘lord of the daityas’
तारकम्Tāraka
तारकम्:
कर्म (Karma/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootतारक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Accusative singular (apposition to दैत्याधिपम्)
आशुquickly
आशु:
सम्बन्ध/क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआशु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय — क्रियाविशेषण (adverb) ‘quickly’
अभूत्became / set out (to be)
अभूत्:
क्रिया (Kriyā/Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formलुङ् (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect-Aorist), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — Aorist, 3rd person singular; ‘became/was’
तदाthen
तदा:
सम्बन्ध/क्रियाविशेषण (Temporal)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय — कालवाचक (temporal adverb)
Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Vīrabhadra

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: ākāśavāṇī as motivating omen

Characters & Entities
K
Kartikeya
P
Pramathas
T
Taraka

FAQs

The verse highlights divine sanction and dharmic resolve: when the auspicious heavenly command is heard, Kumāra acts as Śiva’s instrument to remove adharma (Tāraka), showing that grace (anugraha) also appears as the destruction of egoic, demonic obstruction.

Kumāra’s action is inseparable from Saguna Śiva’s governance: the Pramathas (Śiva’s gaṇas) surround him, indicating that the Lord’s manifested power protects the cosmic order; devotion to Śiva (often through Liṅga worship) aligns the devotee with this protecting, dharma-establishing current.

A practical takeaway is sankalpa with mantra: take a clear vow to overcome inner ‘Tāraka’ (pride, violence, delusion) while repeating the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” optionally with vibhūti (Tripuṇḍra) and rudrākṣa as reminders of Śiva’s protection and discipline.

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