Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

महानादे महावीर्ये महा मोहविनाशिनि । महाबन्धापहे देवि देहि नेत्रत्रयं मम

Transliteration

mahānāde mahāvīrye mahā mohavināśini | mahābandhāpahe devi dehi netratrayaṃ mama

Translation

Ô Toi dont le son est immense, ô Toi de puissance héroïque, ô destructrice de la grande illusion ; ô Devī qui ôtes les liens puissants : accorde-moi le triple œil (la vraie vision).

Word by Word

• महानादे: O great-roaring one
• महानादे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा-नाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; कर्मधारयसमासः (great-sounding/with great roar)

• महावीर्ये: O greatly powerful one
• महावीर्ये: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा-वीर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; कर्मधारयसमासः (of great power/valor)

• महा: great
• महा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: महा (अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश-विशेषण)
• Form: अव्यय (intensifier/prefix-like ‘great’), ‘मोहविनाशिनि’ इत्यस्य पूर्वपदत्वेन प्रयुक्तम्

• मोहविनाशिनि: O destroyer of delusion
• मोहविनाशिनि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोह-विनाशिन् (प्रातिपदिक; विनाशिन्-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; ‘मोहस्य विनाशिनी’ (destroyer of delusion)

• महाबन्धापहे: O remover of great bonds
• महाबन्धापहे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा-बन्ध-अपह (प्रातिपदिक; अपह/अपहन्-भाव)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; ‘महाबन्धान् अपहन्ति’ (remover of great bonds)

• देवि: O Goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

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

• नेत्रत्रयम्: the three eyes
• नेत्रत्रयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नेत्र-त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2/कर्म), एकवचन; द्विगुसमासः (three eyes)

• मम: to me / my
• मम: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन (of me/my)

Speaker

A Pāṇḍava devotee

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī radiates a great sound (mahānāda) like a cosmic resonance; bonds (chains/knots) fall away from the devotee; a luminous third eye opens on the devotee’s forehead, symbolizing awakened insight.

Characters & Entities

• Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True sight is not merely physical; it is liberation from delusion and bondage through the Goddess’s grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named; the verse is a direct boon-request within a devotional narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it is a petitionary prayer for ‘netra-traya’ (higher vision).