Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 123

Devanagari script

कोयमंग महादेवो न मन्यामो वयं च तम् । ततः प्रहस्य बालोऽसौ हुंकारं लीलया व्यधात्

Transliteration

koyamaṃga mahādevo na manyāmo vayaṃ ca tam | tataḥ prahasya bālo'sau huṃkāraṃ līlayā vyadhāt

Translation

“这位‘摩诃提婆’究竟是谁？我们全然不承认他！”随即那位神圣的童子含笑，戏然发出一声“吽(huṃ)”。

Word by Word

• कः: who
• कः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; Interrogative pronoun, Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अयम्: this (one)
• अयम्: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; Demonstrative pronoun, Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अङ्ग: O!/indeed
• अङ्ग: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अङ्ग (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बोधन-निपात (vocative particle/expletive)

• महादेवः: Mahādeva
• महादेवः: Karta (Predicate nominative/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; Masculine, Nominative, Singular; कर्मधारय (‘महान् देवः’)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• मन्यामः: we think/consider
• मन्यामः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), उत्तमपुरुष, बहुवचन; Present indicative, 1st person, Plural; आत्मनेपद

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Pronoun, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; Pronoun, Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Sambandha (Temporal/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (तस्मात्/ततः = thereafter; adverb)

• प्रहस्य: having laughed
• प्रहस्य: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र-हस् (धातु) + ल्यप्
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• बालः: the boy
• बालः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• असौ: that one (he)
• असौ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; Pronoun, Nominative, Singular

• हुंकारम्: a ‘huṃ’ roar
• हुंकारम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हुंकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• लीलया: playfully
• लीलया: Karaṇa (Manner/Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लीला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; Feminine, Instrumental, Singular

• व्यधात्: made/uttered
• व्यधात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-धा (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Aorist, 3rd person, Singular; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) narrating to the sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Tāraka’s party scoffs at ‘Mahādeva.’ A radiant divine Boy (Kaumāra) smiles; with playful ease he utters ‘huṃ,’ sending a visible shockwave of light/sound that freezes or humbles the asuras.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva
• Daityas
• Divine Boy (bāla)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Disrespect toward Īśvara leads to immediate loss of clarity, while divine power can act effortlessly—without violence—through mere will and sound.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal ritual is stated; the verse alludes to the potency of sacred sound (huṃkāra) as a divine act.