Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

पुत्रं मे भगवन्देहि शक्रहंतारमूर्जितम् । यो नास्त्रशस्त्रैर्वध्यत्वं गच्छेत्त्रिदिववासिनाम्

Transliteration

putraṃ me bhagavandehi śakrahaṃtāramūrjitam | yo nāstraśastrairvadhyatvaṃ gacchettridivavāsinām

Translation

Ô Seigneur Bienheureux, accorde-moi un fils—puissant, meurtrier de Śakra (Indra)—que les habitants du ciel ne puissent tuer ni par armes ni par traits.

Word by Word

• पुत्रम्: a son
• पुत्रम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी, एकवचन (enclitic)

• भगवन्: O Lord
• भगवन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन

• देहि: give
• देहि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• शक्रहन्तारम्: a slayer of Śakra (Indra)
• शक्रहन्तारम्: Karman (Object apposition/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakra + hantṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (śakrasya hantā)

• ऊर्जितम्: mighty, powerful
• ऊर्जितम्: Karman (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ūrjita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation)

• अस्त्रशस्त्रैः: by weapons and missiles
• अस्त्रशस्त्रैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: astra + śastra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया, बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (weapons and missiles)

• वध्यत्वम्: killability, being liable to be slain
• वध्यत्वम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vadhyatva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन

• गच्छेत्: would attain / should come to
• गच्छेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• त्रिदिववासिनाम्: of the inhabitants of heaven
• त्रिदिववासिनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tri-diva + vāsin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी, बहुवचन; (those dwelling in heaven)

Speaker

Diti

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Diti, intense and resolute, pleads before her husband (Kaśyapa/Prajāpati), asking for a mighty son who can slay Śakra and be immune to celestial weapons.

Characters & Entities

• Diti
• Indra (Śakra)
• Tridiva (heaven)
• Kaśyapa (as addressed 'bhagavan', context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Desire for revenge seeks invincibility, but Purāṇic dharma repeatedly warns that power without restraint intensifies suffering.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; the verse is a request for a boon within a divine-family narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not in this verse; later verses introduce tapas (austerity) as the means.