Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

तथान्यानि च शस्त्राणि अस्त्राणि सुबहूनि च । गृहीतानि पुरा मंद हंतुं मामेव चाधुना

Transliteration

tathānyāni ca śastrāṇi astrāṇi subahūni ca | gṛhītāni purā maṃda haṃtuṃ māmeva cādhunā

Translation

愚か者よ、かつて私を殺そうとして多くの武器や飛び道具が手に取られたが、今もまたそうしようというのか。

Word by Word

• tathā: likewise, also
• tathā: Discourse/Adverbial modifier
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: likewise)

• anyāni: other
• anyāni: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of śastrāṇi/astrāṇi)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• śastrāṇi: weapons
• śastrāṇi: Karma (Object; understood with gṛhītāni)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śastra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• astrāṇi: missiles, weapon-spells
• astrāṇi: Karma (Object; understood with gṛhītāni)
• Type: Noun
• Root: astra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• subahūni: very many
• subahūni: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of śastrāṇi/astrāṇi)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su + bahu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; उपसर्ग/उपपद ‘सु-’ (intensifier)

• ca: and
• ca: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• gṛhītāni: taken, seized
• gṛhītāni: Kriya (Predicate participle; ‘have been taken’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √grah (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; कर्मणि

• purā: formerly
• purā: Kāla (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (adverb: formerly)

• manda: O dull one
• manda: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (vocative), एकवचन

• hantum: to kill
• hantum: Prayojana (Purpose)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √han (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन् (infinitive), अव्ययभावः; प्रयोजनार्थक

• mām: me
• mām: Karma (Object of hantum)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• eva: indeed, just
• eva: Emphasis marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• ca: and
• ca: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• adhunā: now
• adhunā: Kāla (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adhunā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (adverb: now)

Speaker

Namuci (Daitya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: tīra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Namuci boasts that countless weapons and astras were once gathered to kill him, yet all proved futile; he stands unshaken, pressing Indra into helplessness.

Characters & Entities

• Namuci
• Indra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Mere accumulation of power and armaments cannot defeat destiny and dharma; pride misreads the true source of victory.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader Kedāra sacred landscape is the setting in the Kedārakhaṇḍa, though no tirtha is explicitly praised in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is martial narration and taunt.