Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

धनुषां षष्ट्यभियुतैः पुरुषैरीशयोजितैः । ॐ कारशतसाहस्रैः पर्वतश्चाभिरक्षितः

Transliteration

dhanuṣāṃ ṣaṣṭyabhiyutaiḥ puruṣairīśayojitaiḥ | oṃ kāraśatasāhasraiḥ parvataścābhirakṣitaḥ

Translation

والجبل أيضاً محفوظٌ حِفظاً شديداً برجالٍ معهم ستون قوساً، قد عيّنهم الربّ؛ وكذلك بمئات الألوف من الأومكارا (Oṃkāra)، الحضور المقدّس للبرَنَفا.

Word by Word

• धनुषाम्: of bows
• धनुषाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• षष्टि-अभियुतैः: by those joined with sixty (i.e., sixty in number)
• षष्टि-अभियुतैः: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षष्टि (प्रातिपदिक) + अभियुत (प्रातिपदिक; युज् धातु से क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (षष्ट्या अभियुताः = joined with sixty)

• पुरुषैः: by men/persons
• पुरुषैः: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ईश-योजितैः: appointed/assigned by the Lord
• ईश-योजितैः: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईश (प्रातिपदिक) + योजित (प्रातिपदिक; युज् धातु से क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (ईशेन योजिताः)

• ॐकार-शत-साहस्रैः: by hundred-thousands of Oṃkāras
• ॐकार-शत-साहस्रैः: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ॐकार (प्रातिपदिक) + शत (प्रातिपदिक) + साहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; संख्या-सम्बद्ध तत्पुरुष (शतानां साहस्रैः = hundred-thousands)

• पर्वतः: the mountain
• पर्वतः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• अभिरक्षितः: was protected
• अभिरक्षितः: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicative participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रक्ष् (धातु) उपसर्गः अभि-; क्त-प्रत्यय
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि-भाव (having been protected)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Skanda Purana narrative framework)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Oṃkāra-parvata / sacred mountain of the Amareśvara kṣetra (contextual)

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred mountain ringed by bow-bearing sentinels; above and around it float countless luminous ‘Oṃ’ glyphs like protective sparks, forming a mantra-shield over the peak and its shrines.

Characters & Entities

• Īśa (Śiva)
• Oṃkāra (Praṇava)
• Parvata (mountain)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred topography is protected both materially (guardians) and spiritually (praṇava/Oṃkāra power).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A sacred mountain associated with the Amareśvara/Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha-region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied praṇava reverence (Oṃkāra); no explicit vow is stated.