Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 82

Devanagari script

ततः कोट्यो विनिष्पेतुः शक्तीनां भर्तर्षभ । स शक्त्यस्त्रेण बलवान्करस्थेनाहनत्प्रभुः

Transliteration

tataḥ koṭyo viniṣpetuḥ śaktīnāṃ bhartarṣabha | sa śaktyastreṇa balavānkarasthenāhanatprabhuḥ

Translation

ಆಗ, ಹೇ ನೃಪಶ್ರೇಷ್ಠ, ಶಕ್ತಿಗಳ (ಭಾಲಗಳ) ಕೋಟಿಗಳು ಹೊರಹೊಮ್ಮಿದವು. ಆ ಬಲಿಷ್ಠ ಪ್ರಭುವು ಕೈಯಲ್ಲಿದ್ದ ಶಕ್ತ್ಯಾಸ್ತ್ರದಿಂದ ಪ್ರಹಾರ ಮಾಡಿದನು.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Context/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक (thereupon)

• koṭyaḥ: crores (multitudes)
• koṭyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: koṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• viniṣpetuḥ: sprang forth
• viniṣpetuḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-niṣ-√spat/√sphuṭ? (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्; अर्थः—‘निष्पेतुः/निष्पतितवन्तः’ (sprang forth)

• śaktīnām: of spears
• śaktīnām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• bhartarṣabha: O bull among lords (best of rulers)
• bhartarṣabha: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhartṛ + ṛṣabha (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कर्मधारयभावः: ‘bhartṝṇāṃ ṛṣabhaḥ’), पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/8th), एकवचन

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• śaktyastreṇa: with the śakti-weapon
• śaktyastreṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakti + astra (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (‘śaktyāḥ astraṃ’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• balavān: mighty
• balavān: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: balavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying saḥ/prabhuḥ)

• kara-sthena: held in (his) hand
• kara-sthena: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kara + stha (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सप्तमी/अधिकरण-सम्बन्धः: ‘kare stham’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying śaktyastreṇa: ‘held in hand’)

• ahanat: struck / slew
• ahanat: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: han (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• prabhuḥ: the lord
• prabhuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; apposition to saḥ

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: From Skanda’s single Śakti in hand, crores of spears burst outward like rays from a sun, filling the sky in ordered, lethal geometry; the Lord strikes decisively.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• Śakti-astra
• Spears (śakti)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord’s single resolve manifests as limitless power; dharma’s protector is never lacking in means.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; this verse continues the martial narrative rather than a sthala-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.