Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

ततस्त्वेतां स चाराध्य वीरेंद्रत्वमवाप्स्यति । निहनिष्यति चाक्रम्य कालसेनमुखान्रिपून्

Transliteration

tatastvetāṃ sa cārādhya vīreṃdratvamavāpsyati | nihaniṣyati cākramya kālasenamukhānripūn

Translation

Daraufhin wird er sie gebührend verehren und den Rang eines Herrn unter den Helden erlangen; dann wird er voranstürmen und die Feinde—Könige unter Führung Kālasenas—niederschlagen.

Word by Word

• tatas: then, thereafter
• tatas: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable adverb): 'thereupon/then'

• tu: but, indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle/conjunction): contrast/emphasis

• etām: this (goddess), her
• etām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun used as object

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; pronoun

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction): copulative

• ārādhya: having worshipped
• ārādhya: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial to main action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√rādh (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive): 'having worshipped/propitiated'

• vīrendra-tvam: the status of lord of heroes
• vīrendra-tvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vīra (प्रातिपदिक) + indra (प्रातिपदिक) + -tva (तद्धित)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; तद्धितान्त भाववाचक (-त्व) ; समास: वīरेन्द्र = 'vīrāṇām indraḥ' (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• avāpsyati: will obtain
• avāpsyati: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava-√āp (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future/लृट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• nihaniṣyati: will slay
• nihaniṣyati: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-√han (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future/लृट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction): copulative

• ākramya: having attacked
• ākramya: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√kram (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund): 'having attacked/assailed'

• kālasena-mukhān: those headed by Kālasena
• kālasena-mukhān: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kālasena (प्रातिपदिक) + mukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन; समास: kālasenamukhāḥ = 'kālasenaḥ mukhaṃ yeṣām' (बहुव्रीहि-भावार्थे प्रयोगः, परन्तु रूपतः तत्पुरुष-समाससदृशः); here used adjectivally qualifying 'ripūn'

• ripūn: enemies
• ripūn: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ripu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahādurgā (western dik-śakti)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A royal/ṛṣi interlocutor (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A warrior-king completes worship at a western shrine of Devī; immediately after, he advances with a disciplined army to defeat enemy kings led by Kālasena.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādurgā (implied)
• Śūdraka (context)
• Kālasena

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Propitiating the Goddess is shown as the source of both inner excellence (vīrendratva) and outer victory over hostile forces.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This is part of a broader pīṭha-māhātmya sequence; the verse itself emphasizes results of worship rather than naming a tirtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ārādhana—devotional propitiation/worship of the Goddess—is the stated practice leading to success.