Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 160

Devanagari script

तिष्ठतिष्ठ सुदुर्बुद्धे जीवितं ते मयि स्थितम् । सुहृष्टः क्रियतां लोको दुर्लभः सर्वसिद्धिदः

Transliteration

tiṣṭhatiṣṭha sudurbuddhe jīvitaṃ te mayi sthitam | suhṛṣṭaḥ kriyatāṃ loko durlabhaḥ sarvasiddhidaḥ

Translation

“站住，站住，恶慧之徒——你的性命系于我手。令心欢喜；当使此世归于正道，虽难得，却能赐予一切成就。”

Word by Word

• तिष्ठ: stand; stop
• तिष्ठ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपदम्

• तिष्ठ: stand (again, emphatic)
• तिष्ठ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपदम्; पुनरुक्ति (repetition for emphasis)

• सु-दुर्बुद्धे: O very foolish one
• सु-दुर्बुद्धे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + दुर्बुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• जीवितम्: life
• जीवितम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जीवित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• मयि: in me
• मयि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• स्थितम्: placed; situated
• स्थितम्: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय) → स्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); जीवितम् इति विशेषणम्

• सुहृष्टः: well-pleased; delighted
• सुहृष्टः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुहृष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); लोको इति विशेषणम्

• क्रियताम्: let (it) be done; let (it) be made
• क्रियताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मणि प्रयोगः (Passive)

• लोकः: world; people
• लोकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• दुर्लभः: hard to obtain; rare
• दुर्लभः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्लभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); लोको इति विशेषणम्

• सर्वसिद्धिदः: giver of all accomplishments
• सर्वसिद्धिदः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक) + द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); लोको इति विशेषणम्; (सर्वासां सिद्धीनां दः = दाता)

Speaker

Mahāsena (Skanda) (implied by immediate narrative continuity from 159)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A Bharata interlocutor (traditional epic-style addressee)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Skanda/Guha confronts the daitya Tāraka, halting him with a raised hand and stern gaze; the battlefield pauses as the god asserts control over the asura’s life-force and calls for the world to be set aright.

Characters & Entities

• Mahāsena (Skanda)
• Tāraka
• Loka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma’s champion confronts adharma directly, asserting moral and cosmic authority while aiming at restoring order in the world.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named; the verse is part of a battlefield admonition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.