Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

संनद्धः कवची खड्गी बद्धगोधाङ्गुलित्रवान् । बद्धा परिकरं गाढं जटाजूटं नियम्य च

Transliteration

saṃnaddhaḥ kavacī khaḍgī baddhagodhāṅgulitravān | baddhā parikaraṃ gāḍhaṃ jaṭājūṭaṃ niyamya ca

Translation

كان مُتدرِّعًا كامل السلاح، لابسًا الدرع، حاملًا السيف، مرتديًا واقيَ الأصابع من جلد الورل؛ فشدَّ نطاقه بإحكام وربط خُصلَ الجاتا المتلبِّدة.

Word by Word

• saṃnaddhaḥ: fully armed, equipped
• saṃnaddhaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃ-nah (धातु) → saṃnaddha (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle)

• kavacī: wearing armor
• kavacī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kavacin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; -in-प्रत्ययान्त (possessive)

• khaḍgī: bearing a sword
• khaḍgī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: khaḍgin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; -in-प्रत्ययान्त (possessive)

• baddha-godhā-aṅgulitra-vān: having finger-guards (arm-guard) made of/with iguana-hide, fastened
• baddha-godhā-aṅgulitra-vān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: baddha (कृदन्त) + godhā (प्रातिपदिक) + aṅgulitra (प्रातिपदिक) + -vant (प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; -vant-प्रत्ययान्त (possessive); समासः—(गोधाया अङ्गुलित्रं) तत् बद्धं यस्य सः

• baddhā: bound, fastened
• baddhā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bandh (धातु) → baddha (कृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त

• parikaraṃ: belt, girdle, equipment
• parikaraṃ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parikara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• gāḍhaṃ: tight, firm
• gāḍhaṃ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gāḍha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (parikaraṃ)

• jaṭā-jūṭaṃ: matted hair-bundle
• jaṭā-jūṭaṃ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jaṭā (प्रातिपदिक) + jūṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—जटानां जूटः (matted lock-bundle)

• niyamya: having restrained/arranged
• niyamya: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-yam (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभावकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); अर्थः—‘नियम्य’ = having restrained/arranged

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrthas (general frame)

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva as a warrior-ascetic: mail-clad, sword-bearing, tightening the belt, binding the jaṭā; a liminal image of tapas and battle fused.

Characters & Entities

• Maheśvara (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord’s ‘arming’ symbolizes decisive protection of dharma—divine readiness to remove obstacles and uphold cosmic order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā Khaṇḍa’s Narmadā-region narrative context continues; this verse focuses on Śiva’s martial preparation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.