Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

दिव्यां शक्तिं ससर्जाथ महाघंटारवाकुलाम् । न्यवारयत हुंकारैर्देवी शक्तिं निराकुलाम्

Transliteration

divyāṃ śaktiṃ sasarjātha mahāghaṃṭāravākulām | nyavārayata huṃkārairdevī śaktiṃ nirākulām

Translation

Darauf schleuderte er eine göttliche Lanze, begleitet vom Aufruhr wie vom Dröhnen einer großen Glocke. Unerschüttert hielt die Göttin das Geschoss durch ihre donnernden hūṃkāras zurück.

Word by Word

• दिव्याम्: divine
• दिव्याम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘शक्तिम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• शक्तिम्: power/weapon (śakti)
• शक्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• ससर्ज: he hurled/created
• ससर्ज: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृज् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/सम्बन्धसूचक (then/now)

• महाघण्टारवाकुलाम्: filled with a great bell-like roar
• महाघण्टारवाकुलाम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा + घण्टा + रव + आकुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (घण्टारवेन आकुला; तत्र महत्)

• न्यवारयत: warded off/prevented
• न्यवारयत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वारय्/वृ (धातु; causative of √वृ/√वार्)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; उपसर्गः नि-

• हुंकारैः: with (her) roars/huṃkāras
• हुंकारैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हुंकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन

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

• शक्तिम्: the śakti (weapon)
• शक्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• निराकुलाम्: unperturbed/undisturbed
• निराकुलाम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर् + आकुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (निर्-उपसर्गपूर्वकः)

Speaker

Sūta (contextual deduction)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setukṣetra (Setubandha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Citrabhānu releases a radiant spear that roars like a massive bell; the Goddess, serene and unperturbed, halts it with a thunderous hūṃkāra—sound rendered as concentric shockwaves and luminous syllabic glyphs.

Characters & Entities

• Ambikā (Devī)
• Citrabhānu (implied attacker)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Mantric sound (hūṃkāra) symbolizes spiritual authority; inner steadiness and divine vibration can neutralize external threats.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu-kṣetra is the overarching pilgrimage context in which Devī’s protective power is narrated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

While no explicit rite is commanded, the verse highlights hūṃkāra/mantra as a protective spiritual force.