Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

यं समासाद्य वेगेन दिशामंतं प्रपेदिरे । दक्षस्य दश पुत्राणां सहस्राणि प्रजापतेः

Transliteration

yaṃ samāsādya vegena diśāmaṃtaṃ prapedire | dakṣasya daśa putrāṇāṃ sahasrāṇi prajāpateḥ

Translation

他们以迅疾之势抵达彼处，遂至诸方之极限——那属于生主(般阇波提)达克沙(Dakṣa)十子之千千众。

Word by Word

• yam: whom/which
• yam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• samāsādya: having approached/reached
• samāsādya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sam + ā + sad (धातु) + ल्यप् (ल्यप्) → samāsādya (कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययीभाव-रूप (gerund/absolutive); क्रियापूर्वकत्व (having approached)

• vegena: with speed
• vegena: Karaṇa (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vega (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• diśām: of the directions
• diśām: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: diś (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• antam: end/limit
• antam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• prapedire: they reached/attained
• prapedire: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + pad (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• dakṣasya: of Dakṣa
• dakṣasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• daśa: ten
• daśa: Saṅkhyā-viśeṣaṇa (Numeral qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: daśan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्याविशेषण; (cardinal numeral)

• putrāṇām: of (his) sons
• putrāṇām: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• sahasrāṇi: thousands
• sahasrāṇi: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• prajāpateḥ: of Prajāpati
• prajāpateḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prajāpati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), per Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative convention

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dig-anta (mythic boundary of directions)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Implied audience; genealogical-cosmographic addressee context continues

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A host of beings—‘thousands’ linked to Dakṣa’s ten sons—rush like a storm to the farthest horizons, where the directions appear as guardian deities and boundary-mountains of the world.

Characters & Entities

• Dakṣa
• Prajāpati
• Diśāṃ anta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇic vision ties cosmic motion with lineage and duty, reminding that creation proceeds through ordained channels.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.