Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 141

Devanagari script

देवी सखीसमायुक्ता सर्वदेशेष्वताडयत् । ततः क्षुरप्रबाणेन धनुस्तस्य द्विधाऽकरोत्

Transliteration

devī sakhīsamāyuktā sarvadeśeṣvatāḍayat | tataḥ kṣuraprabāṇena dhanustasya dvidhā'karot

Translation

قامت الإلهة، برفقة رفيقاتها، بضربه في كل جزء. ثم، بسهم حاد كالشفرة، شطرت قوسه إلى نصفين.

Word by Word

• देवी: the goddess
• देवी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• सखी-समायुक्ता: accompanied by (her) female friend(s)
• सखी-समायुक्ता: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सखी (प्रातिपदिक) + समायुक्त (कृदन्त; सम्-आ-युज् धातु, क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण (past passive participle)

• सर्व-देशेषु: in all regions/places
• सर्व-देशेषु: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + देश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• अताडयत्: struck/beat
• अताडयत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ताड् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• क्षुरप्र-बाणेन: with a razor-edged arrow
• क्षुरप्र-बाणेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षुरप्र (प्रातिपदिक) + बाण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• धनुः: the bow
• धनुः: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• तस्य: of him/that (demon)
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• द्विधा: into two parts
• द्विधा: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: द्विधा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• अकरोत्: made/did
• अकरोत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (rājan)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Goddess, flanked by companion goddesses/attendants, rains blows and arrows across the foe’s body; then a razor-edged shaft slices his bow cleanly into two halves.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Sakhī (companion)
• Dānava (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine power dismantles the very instruments of wrongdoing, not merely the doer’s outward aggression.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is directly praised in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.