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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

पिनाकपाणिं वरदं त्रिशूलिनमुमापतिं ह्यन्धकनाशनं च । चन्द्रार्धमौलिं गजकृत्तिवाससं दृष्ट्वा पपाताग्रगतं समीक्ष्य

Transliteration

pinākapāṇiṃ varadaṃ triśūlinamumāpatiṃ hyandhakanāśanaṃ ca | candrārdhamauliṃ gajakṛttivāsasaṃ dṛṣṭvā papātāgragataṃ samīkṣya

Translation

Als er den Herrn sah, den Pināka-Bogen in der Hand—den Gnadenspender, den Dreizackträger, Umās Gemahl, den Vernichter Andhakas—mit dem Halbmond gekrönt und in Elefantenhaut gekleidet, da er Ihn vor sich stehen sah, fiel er in ehrfürchtiger Verehrung nieder.

Word by Word
पिनाकपाणिम्him whose hand holds the Pināka (bow)
पिनाकपाणिम्:
Karma (Object of seeing)
TypeNoun
Rootpināka + pāṇi (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—‘पिनाकः पाणौ यस्य’
वरदम्boon-giving
वरदम्:
Karma (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootvarada (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (of Śiva)
त्रिशूलिनम्the trident-bearer
त्रिशूलिनम्:
Karma (Qualifier)
TypeNoun
Roottri + śūlin (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘त्रिशूलं अस्ति यस्य’ (as possessive adjective-noun)
उमापतिम्the husband of Umā
उमापतिम्:
Karma (Qualifier)
TypeNoun
Rootumā + pati (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—‘उमायाः पतिः’
हिindeed
हि:
Sambandha (Discourse particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)
अन्धकनाशनम्the destroyer of Andhaka
अन्धकनाशनम्:
Karma (Qualifier)
TypeNoun
Rootandhaka + nāśana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—‘अन्धकस्य नाशनः’
चand
च:
Sambandha
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)
चन्द्रार्धमौलिम्he whose crest bears the half-moon
चन्द्रार्धमौलिम्:
Karma (Qualifier)
TypeNoun
Rootcandra + ardha + mauli (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—‘चन्द्रस्य अर्धं मौलौ यस्य’
गजकृत्तिवाससम्wearing an elephant-hide garment
गजकृत्तिवाससम्:
Karma (Qualifier)
TypeNoun
Rootgaja + kṛtti + vāsas (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—‘गजकृत्तिः वासः यस्य’ (wearing elephant-hide as garment)
दृष्ट्वाhaving seen
दृष्ट्वा:
Kriyā (पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootdṛś (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); अव्ययभावः; पूर्वक्रिया
पपातfell down
पपात:
Kriyā (Predicate verb)
TypeVerb
Rootpat (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन
अग्रगतम्standing in front/advanced
अग्रगतम्:
Karma (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootagra + gata (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘अग्रे गतः’ (gone in front); विशेषणम् (of the seen deity)
समीक्ष्यhaving looked closely
समीक्ष्य:
Kriyā (पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsam-īkṣ (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); अव्ययभावः; पूर्वक्रिया (after looking well)
Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahārāja

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva manifests before the ascetic: Pināka in hand, triśūla-bearing, Uma’s lord, Andhaka-slayer, half-moon on matted locks, wearing elephant hide; the devotee, overwhelmed, falls prostrate at His feet.

Characters & Entities
Ś
Śiva
U
Umā (Pārvatī)
A
Andhaka
P
Pināka
T
Triśūla

FAQs

True austerity culminates in darśana, and the proper response to divine presence is surrender and reverent prostration.

The Revā/Narmadā setting is implied as the sacred ground where Śiva grants direct vision to the devotee.

No new prescription here; it narrates the result of prior tapas—Śiva’s appearance and the devotee’s pranāma.

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