Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

ततो हरिर्विनिर्धूय पातयामास तान्भुवि । यथा प्रबुद्धः पुरुषो दोषान्संसारसंभवान्

Transliteration

tato harirvinirdhūya pātayāmāsa tānbhuvi | yathā prabuddhaḥ puruṣo doṣānsaṃsārasaṃbhavān

Translation

随后，哈利抖身将他们甩脱，掷落大地；正如觉醒之人抛却由轮回世间所生的过失。

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (then/thereupon)

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

• vinirdhūya: having shaken off / having brushed away
• vinirdhūya: Kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-nir-dhū (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)

• pātayāmāsa: caused to fall / felled
• pātayāmāsa: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pat (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Periphrastic perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative sense: ‘caused to fall’)

• tān: them
• tān: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• bhuvi: on the ground
• bhuvi: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhū (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• yathā: as
• yathā: Sambandha (Comparison marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमानवाचक-अव्यय (comparative particle: as/like)

• prabuddhaḥ: awakened
• prabuddhaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-budh (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (to puruṣaḥ)

• puruṣaḥ: a man
• puruṣaḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puruṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• doṣān: faults/defects
• doṣān: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: doṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• saṃsāra-saṃbhavān: arising from worldly existence
• saṃsāra-saṃbhavān: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃsāra + saṃbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (संसारात् सम्भवाः) विशेषण (to doṣān)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Hari shakes off the daityas and flings them to the ground; the verse overlays a spiritual metaphor—an awakened person discarding worldly faults.

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Daityas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual awakening brings detachment: as one discards saṃsāric faults, so the Lord effortlessly casts away obstructing forces.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified; the verse uses a mokṣa-oriented simile within a battle scene.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the teaching is conveyed through comparison to awakening and renunciation.