Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

तद्भवान्बलप्राप्त्यर्थं देव्याराधनमाचर

Transliteration

tadbhavānbalaprāptyarthaṃ devyārādhanamācara

Translation

فلأجل نيل القوة، الزم عبادة الإلهة (ديفي) وداوم على تضرّعك لها.

Word by Word

• तत्: then/so
• तत्: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (particle); निर्देशार्थे ‘then/so’

• भवान्: you (honored)
• भवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; आदरार्थ-प्रयोगः

• बलप्राप्त्यर्थम्: for obtaining strength
• बलप्राप्त्यर्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bala-prāpti-artha (प्रातिपदिक; बल + प्राप्ति + अर्थ)
• Form: अव्ययभावे द्वितीया-समासान्त (purpose expression); ‘बलस्य प्राप्त्यर्थम्’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• देवीआराधनम्: worship of the Goddess
• देवीआराधनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī-ārādhana (प्रातिपदिक; देवी + आराधन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘देव्याः आराधनम्’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः; कर्म

• आचर: practice/perform
• आचर: Kriya (Command/आज्ञा-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-car (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Unspecified adviser (instruction in the narrative, addressed to Barbarīka)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The instructor points toward a shrine or yantra, indicating Devī worship as the path to strength; the aspirant bows, hands folded, ready to undertake sādhana.

Characters & Entities

• Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Power becomes auspicious when sought through devotion and divine alignment—here, by Devī worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The specific kṣetra is not named in this verse; it is identified in the following verses.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Devī-ārādhana (propitiatory worship of the Goddess) as a means to attain strength.