Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 83

Devanagari script

तेन चक्रेण शुशुभे नितरां स गणेश्वरः । वीरलक्ष्म्यावृत इव समरे विजयस्रजा

Transliteration

tena cakreṇa śuśubhe nitarāṃ sa gaṇeśvaraḥ | vīralakṣmyāvṛta iva samare vijayasrajā

Translation

Con aquel disco, él—señor de los Gaṇas—resplandeció en extremo, como un héroe envuelto en gloria marcial, ceñido con la guirnalda de la victoria en la batalla.

Word by Word

• तेन: with that
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (neuter/masculine), तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचनम् (singular)

• चक्रेण: with the discus
• चक्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचनम् (singular)

• शुशुभे: shone/splendidly appeared
• शुशुभे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शुभ् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), आत्मनेपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम् (singular)

• नितराम्: exceedingly
• नितराम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नितराम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, तीव्रार्थक क्रियाविशेषण (exceedingly)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचनम् (singular)

• गणेश्वरः: lord of the gaṇas (Gaṇeśvara)
• गणेश्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक; गण + ईश्वर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचनम् (singular)

• वीरलक्ष्म्या: by heroic fortune/glory
• वीरलक्ष्म्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर-लक्ष्मी (प्रातिपदिक; वीर + लक्ष्मी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचनम् (singular)

• आवृतः: covered, surrounded
• आवृतः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-वृत (धातु; √वृत् + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचनम् (singular)

• इव: as if
• इव: Sambandha (Comparison/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमावाचक (comparative particle: as if)

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचनम् (singular)

• विजयस्रजा: with a garland of victory
• विजयस्रजा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विजय-स्रज् (प्रातिपदिक; विजय + स्रज्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचनम् (singular)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative, typically Skanda to Agastya)

Characters & Entities

• Gaṇeśvara (lord of Śiva’s Gaṇas)
• Sudarśana Cakra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace can transform danger into ornament—what comes as a weapon becomes a sign of victory for one upheld by Śiva.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī, as the narrative setting where Śiva’s gaṇas are celebrated and protected.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this verse is laudatory description within the story.