Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 92

Devanagari script

अन्तिकं सहसा प्राप महाबलसमन्वितः । नरास्थिभूषणश्चैनं सेनाप तिमकल्पयत्

Transliteration

antikaṃ sahasā prāpa mahābalasamanvitaḥ | narāsthibhūṣaṇaścainaṃ senāpa timakalpayat

Translation

فاقترب فجأةً وهو ذو قوة عظيمة؛ فجعله ناراستهيبهوشَنا قائدًا للجيش.

Word by Word

• अन्तिकम्: near (to the vicinity)
• अन्तिकम्: Karma/Goal (कर्म/गति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; देशवाचक (near vicinity)

• सहसा: suddenly
• सहसा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहसा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (suddenly/quickly)

• प्राप: reached
• प्राप: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect) / परस्मैपद-रूप (irregular narrative perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• महाबलसमन्वितः: endowed with great strength
• महाबलसमन्वितः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा-बल-समन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘महद् बलम्’ + ‘समन्वित’ (endowed with great strength)

• नरास्थिभूषणः: Narāsthibhūṣaṇa
• नरास्थिभूषणः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर-अस्थि-भूषण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम (proper noun)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (enam = him/this person)

• सेनापतिम्: commander of the army
• सेनापतिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेना-पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—‘सेनायाः पतिः’

• अकल्पयत्: appointed/made
• अकल्पयत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कॢप् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; causative sense in context ‘appointed/made’

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Setukhaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu-kṣetra (contextual frame)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Narāsthibhūṣaṇa publicly elevates Kapālasphoṭa to senāpati; vetāla ranks stand in formation with bone weapons and tattered banners in a smoky liminal ground.

Characters & Entities

• Narāsthibhūṣaṇa
• Kapālasphoṭa (implied)
• Vetāla army (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Power without dharma can be celebrated in dark realms; true greatness is strength governed by righteousness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu-kṣetra remains the contextual pilgrimage setting of this chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.