Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 90

Devanagari script

त्वं च भ्रातुर्जयं वीर प्रदास्यसि महारणे । भुजयोस्ते वसिष्यामि धार्तराष्ट्रनिपातने

Transliteration

tvaṃ ca bhrāturjayaṃ vīra pradāsyasi mahāraṇe | bhujayoste vasiṣyāmi dhārtarāṣṭranipātane

Translation

Et toi, ô héros, tu assureras la victoire à tes frères dans la grande bataille. Lors de la chute des Dhārtarāṣṭra, je demeurerai sur tes bras, fortifiant ta puissance.

Word by Word

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय)

• भ्रातुः: of (your) brother
• भ्रातुः: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• जयम्: victory
• जयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म

• वीर: O hero
• वीर: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• प्रदास्यसि: you will grant
• प्रदास्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-दा (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्काल), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• महारणे: in the great battle
• महारणे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + रण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (महान् रणः), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण (स्थान)

• भुजयोः: on (your) two arms
• भुजयोः: Adhikarana (Locus/आश्रय-अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), द्विवचन; सम्बन्ध

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध

• वसिष्यामि: I will dwell
• वसिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्काल), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

• धार्तराष्ट्र: (of) Dhṛtarāṣṭra's (sons)
• धार्तराष्ट्र: Sambandha (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धृतराष्ट्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (समासाङ्ग)

• निपातने: at the slaying/fall
• निपातने: Adhikarana (Occasion/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नि-पत् (धातु) + ल्युट् (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त-नाम (ल्युट्=अन्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण; 'धार्तराष्ट्र' इत्यनेन सह तत्पुरुषार्थ-सम्बन्धः

Speaker

Ekānaṃśā (Yogamāyā), prophesying support to Bhīma in the Kurukṣetra war context

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kurukṣetra (implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A prophecy of war: the goddess promises to dwell upon the hero’s arms, turning them into instruments of irresistible strength at the fall of the Dhārtarāṣṭras.

Characters & Entities

• Bhīma
• Pāṇḍavas
• Dhārtarāṣṭras (sons of Dhṛtarāṣṭra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When dharma is upheld, divine power supports righteous effort; victory comes through both valor and grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named; the verse is situated in an epic-war (Mahābhārata) dharma context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse offers assurance of divine empowerment rather than a specific rite.