Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 153

Devanagari script

स च शक्तिं समादाय नमस्कृत्य च पावकम् । श्वेतश्रृंगं समारूढो मुखैः पश्यन्दिशो दश

Transliteration

sa ca śaktiṃ samādāya namaskṛtya ca pāvakam | śvetaśrṛṃgaṃ samārūḍho mukhaiḥ paśyandiśo daśa

Translation

فأخذ الشاكتي (Śakti) بيده، وانحنى ساجدًا لبافاكا، إله النار (أغني)، ثم امتطى شفيتاشرِنغا (Śvetaśṛṅga)؛ وبوجوهه نظر إلى الجهات العشر.

Word by Word

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• śaktim: the spear/Śakti
• śaktim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• samādāya: having taken up
• samādāya: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-√dā (दा धातु) → samādāya (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); (having taken)

• namaskṛtya: having saluted
• namaskṛtya: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: namas-√kṛ (कृ धातु) → namaskṛtya (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त; (having saluted)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• pāvakam: Fire (Pāvaka)
• pāvakam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāvaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• śveta-śṛṅgam: the white-horned (mount)
• śveta-śṛṅgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śveta (प्रातिपदिक) + śṛṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (white-horned [mount])

• samārūḍhaḥ: mounted
• samārūḍhaḥ: Kriya (Predicative/क्रियाविशेषण-भाव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ā-√ruh (रुह् धातु) → samārūḍha (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; (mounted/ascended)

• mukhaiḥ: with (his) faces/mouths
• mukhaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन

• paśyan: seeing
• paśyan: Kriya (Concurrent action/सहक्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √dṛś (दृश् धातु) → paśyat (वर्तमानकृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; (seeing)

• diśaḥ: directions
• diśaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: diś (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन

• daśa: ten
• daśa: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: daśa (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्याशब्दः; द्वितीया, बहुवचनार्थे (agreeing with diśaḥ)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śvetaśṛṅga

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kumāra receives Śakti, bows to Agni, mounts Śvetaśṛṅga, and with multiple faces surveys the ten directions—an image of a newly empowered guardian taking cosmic station.

Characters & Entities

• Pāvaka (Agni)
• Śakti (weapon)
• Śvetaśṛṅga
• Ten directions (daśa diśaḥ)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Power should be received with humility—salutation to the divine source precedes rightful action.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śvetaśṛṅga is mentioned as a significant peak, but this verse itself is not framed as a tīrtha-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A gesture of reverence (namaskāra) is shown; no formal vrata, snāna, or dāna is prescribed.