Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

गलच्छोणितधाराभिमुखा दिग्धकलेवरा । चण्डशीलाभवच्चण्डी जगत्संहारकर्मणि

Transliteration

galacchoṇitadhārābhimukhā digdhakalevarā | caṇḍaśīlābhavaccaṇḍī jagatsaṃhārakarmaṇi

Translation

في مواجهة تيارات الدم المتدفق، وجسدها ملطخ ومصبوغ، أصبحت تشاندي ذات طبيعة شرسة، عازمة على عمل تدمير العالم.

Word by Word

• galat: dripping
• galat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gal (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ/शानच्-प्राय), अव्ययभावेन पूर्वपदत्वे प्रयुक्तम्; अर्थः ‘स्रवन्/गलन्’ (dripping)

• śoṇita: blood
• śoṇita: Sambandha (Genitive/Relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śoṇita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (stem-form in compound)

• dhārā: stream, flow
• dhārā: Sambandha (Genitive/Relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhārā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन (stem-form in compound)

• abhimukhā: facing toward
• abhimukhā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: abhimukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण

• digdha: smeared
• digdha: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dih (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), ‘दिग्ध’ = smeared; नपुंसक/पुं/स्त्री-रूपे समासे पूर्वपदत्वे

• kalevarā: bodied, having a body
• kalevarā: Visheshya (Qualified noun/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalevara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; (कलेवर-शब्दः मूलतः नपुंसकः, अत्र स्त्रीरूपे देवी-विशेषणत्वेन)

• caṇḍa: fierce
• caṇḍa: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: caṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण-प्रातिपदिक; समासे पूर्वपदत्वे

• śīlā: nature, disposition
• śīlā: Sambandha (Genitive/Relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śīla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन (stem-form in compound)

• abhavat: became
• abhavat: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• caṇḍī: Caṇḍī (the fierce goddess)
• caṇḍī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caṇḍī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• jagat: of the world
• jagat: Sambandha (Genitive/Relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी एकवचन (stem-form in compound)

• saṃhāra: destruction
• saṃhāra: Sambandha (Genitive/Relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃhāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी एकवचन (stem-form in compound)

• karmaṇi: in the act of destroying the world
• karmaṇi: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: जगतः संहारः यस्य तत् कर्म (in the act of world-destruction)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha milieu (contextual)

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Caṇḍī, body smeared with blood, faces streaming torrents of blood; her eyes blaze as she turns toward the work of cosmic destruction, like a battlefield turned into an apocalyptic horizon.

Characters & Entities

• Caṇḍī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It depicts divine ferocity as purposeful—destruction is also a sacred function, clearing the way for renewed order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse belongs to the Revā Khaṇḍa’s milieu; it does not directly praise a named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is narrative and iconographic.