Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 96

Devanagari script

जघान च समासाद्य देवी नानाविधायुधैः । ततः प्रेतपिशाचाद्या हन्यमाना महारणे

Transliteration

jaghāna ca samāsādya devī nānāvidhāyudhaiḥ | tataḥ pretapiśācādyā hanyamānā mahāraṇe

Translation

Closing in, the Goddess struck them down with many kinds of weapons. Then, in that great battle, pretas, piśācas, and others were being slain.

Word by Word

• जघान: slew, struck down
• जघान: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हन् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• समासाद्य: having approached
• समासाद्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-√सद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वक्रिया (having approached/attacked)

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

• नानाविधायुधैः: with various kinds of weapons
• नानाविधायुधैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाना (अव्यय) + विध (प्रातिपदिक) + आयुध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; नाना-पूर्वपद (various) + विध (kinds) + आयुध (weapons)

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

• प्रेतपिशाचाद्याः: preta-s, piśāca-s and others
• प्रेतपिशाचाद्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रेत (प्रातिपदिक) + पिशाच (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘आदि’ = etc., group designation

• हन्यमानाः: being slain
• हन्यमानाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हन् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि शतृ/शानच्-प्रत्यय (present passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• महारणे: in the great battle
• महारणे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + रण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; अधिकरण (in the great battle)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual, within the Purāṇic narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sarojavana

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Goddess rushes into the spirit-hosts and strikes with varied weapons; pretas and piśācas fall amid a great tumult, while the lotus-grove’s purity reasserts itself.

Characters & Entities

• Guhaśakti (Devī)
• Preta
• Piśāca
• Bhūta hosts

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma and predatory forces are ultimately subdued by divine power acting to protect rightful order.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha is specified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the theme is divine protection rather than a stated rite.