Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

पट्टिशैर्मुशलैः प्रासैग्नि दाभिः कणपैरपि । तीक्ष्णाननैश्च नाराचैश्चक्रैः शक्तिभिरेव च

Transliteration

paṭṭiśairmuśalaiḥ prāsaigni dābhiḥ kaṇapairapi | tīkṣṇānanaiśca nārācaiścakraiḥ śaktibhireva ca

Translation

Avec des haches, des massues, des lances, des armes enflammées et des traits barbelés ; avec des flèches au fer acéré, avec des disques et des javelots śakti : ainsi l’assaillirent-ils de toutes sortes d’armes.

Word by Word

• paṭṭiśaiḥ: with axes/battle-axes
• paṭṭiśaiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paṭṭiśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural

• muśalaiḥ: with clubs
• muśalaiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muśala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural

• prāsaiḥ: with spears
• prāsaiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural

• agnidābhiḥ: with fire-branding weapons / fire-causing missiles
• agnidābhiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agni + dā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (अग्निं ददाति/अग्निसदृशं दाहं करोति इति), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural; शस्त्रनाम

• kaṇapaiḥ: with darts/bolts (kaṇapas)
• kaṇapaiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaṇapa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural; शस्त्र/क्षेप्यवस्तु-नाम

• api: also, even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle): ‘also/even’

• tīkṣṇānanaiḥ: with sharp-pointed (lit. sharp-faced)
• tīkṣṇānanaiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tīkṣṇa + ānana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (तीक्ष्णम् आननं येषाम्), पुंलिङ्ग, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural; विशेषण (of nārācaiḥ)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction): ‘and’

• nārācaiḥ: with iron arrows (nārācas)
• nārācaiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārāca (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural

• cakraiḥ: with discs/chakrams
• cakraiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cakra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural

• śaktibhiḥ: with javelins/spears (śaktis)
• śaktibhiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural

• eva: indeed, just
• eva: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle of emphasis): ‘indeed/just’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction): ‘and’

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Dānavas unleash a storm of weapons—axes, clubs, spears, firebrands, barbed missiles, sharp-headed arrows, discs and śaktis—forming a dense, threatening canopy aimed at Hari.

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Dānavas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Mere force and armaments cannot overcome the divine when one stands aligned with dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; this verse is purely a battle depiction.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.