Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

तस्माद्देहि महाभागे ज्ञानयुक्तानि भूरिशः । ममास्त्राणि विचित्राणि स्वैरगाणि समन्ततः

Transliteration

tasmāddehi mahābhāge jñānayuktāni bhūriśaḥ | mamāstrāṇi vicitrāṇi svairagāṇi samantataḥ

Translation

«C’est pourquoi, ô Déesse très fortunée, accorde-moi en abondance des armes merveilleuses, pourvues de la juste connaissance — des armes qui se meuvent à volonté en toutes directions.»

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore/from that reason
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे/पुंलिङ्गे, पञ्चमी-विभक्तिः (5th/Ablative), एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• देहि: give
• देहि: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकारः (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुषः (2nd), एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• महाभागे: O fortunate lady
• महाभागे: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभाग (प्रातिपदिक: महा + भाग)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन-विभक्तिः (8th/Vocative), एकवचनम्

• ज्ञानयुक्तानि: endowed with knowledge
• ज्ञानयुक्तानि: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्ञानयुक्त (प्रातिपदिक: ज्ञान + युक्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (अस्त्राणि इति)

• भूरिशः: abundantly/many times
• भूरिशः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूरिशस् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययम्; क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverb)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (6th/Genitive), एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• अस्त्राणि: weapons
• अस्त्राणि: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचनम्

• विचित्राणि: variegated/wondrous
• विचित्राणि: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विचित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (अस्त्राणि इति)

• स्वैरगाणि: moving at will/free-roaming
• स्वैरगाणि: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वैरग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (अस्त्राणि इति)

• समन्ततः: on all sides/everywhere
• समन्ततः: Adhikaraṇa (Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्ततः (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययम्; देशवाचक-क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverb of place)

Speaker

Rājā (the king/devotee)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A supplicant (king/hero) stands with folded hands before Devī; luminous, many-armed Devī bestows radiant, self-moving astras that orbit like constellations, each inscribed with mantra-syllables.

Characters & Entities

• Caṇḍikā (addressed as Mahābhāgā)
• Astra (divine weapons)
• Jñāna (knowledge)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Power sought through dharmic worship should be guided by jñāna; even martial boons are framed as disciplined, purposeful instruments.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The request is made in the Hāṭakeśvara–Caṇḍikā sacred precinct whose worship culminates in the granting of boons.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new prescription; it is a boon-request following the completed vrata and pūjā that pleased the Goddess.