Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 87

Devanagari script

जगद्दीपोऽथ भगवाञ्जग्राह विततं धनुः । शरौघो वै पांडुपुत्र क्षिप्रमासीद्विषद्युतिः

Transliteration

jagaddīpo'tha bhagavāñjagrāha vitataṃ dhanuḥ | śaraugho vai pāṃḍuputra kṣipramāsīdviṣadyutiḥ

Translation

Then the Blessed Lord, the Lamp of the worlds, took up his fully strung bow. And, O son of Pāṇḍu, a mass of arrows swiftly appeared, blazing with deadly splendor.

Word by Word

• jagaddīpaḥ: lamp of the world
• jagaddīpaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक) + dīpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (जगतः दीपः)

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भ (then/now)

• bhagavān: the Blessed Lord
• bhagavān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• jagrāha: took / seized
• jagrāha: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: grah (ग्रह् धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• vitatam: stretched
• vitatam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi + tan (तन् धातु) → vitata (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (stretched)

• dhanuḥ: bow
• dhanuḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhanus (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• śaraughaḥ: a flood/stream of arrows
• śaraughaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śara (प्रातिपदिक) + ogha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (शराणाम् ओघः)

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक-निपात (indeed)

• pāṃḍuputra: O son of Pāṇḍu
• pāṃḍuputra: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāṃḍu (प्रातिपदिक) + putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पाण्डोः पुत्र)

• kṣipram: quickly
• kṣipram: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kṣipram (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• āsīt: was / became
• āsīt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (अस् धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• viṣadyutiḥ: having poison-like radiance
• viṣadyutiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: viṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + dyuti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (विषस्य द्युतिः यस्य)

Speaker

Narrator (addressing a Pāṇḍava; likely Yudhiṣṭhira) (deduced)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pāṇḍuputra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Lord, radiant like a world-lamp, lifts a fully strung bow; a sudden storm of shining arrows materializes around him, suggesting inexhaustible divine arsenal.

Characters & Entities

• Bhagavān
• Pāṇḍuputra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The divine acts as the world’s guiding light, wielding power to protect cosmic order when adharma surges.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No holy site is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the focus is on divine martial intervention.