Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

सा सहस्रभुजा देवी समाक्रम्याभिपीड्य च । मोक्षयामास गिरिशमशापयत तां तथा

Transliteration

sā sahasrabhujā devī samākramyābhipīḍya ca | mokṣayāmāsa giriśamaśāpayata tāṃ tathā

Translation

ಆ ಸಹಸ್ರಭುಜಾ ದೇವಿಯು ಅವನನ್ನು ಹಿಡಿದು ಒತ್ತಿ ಗಿರೀಶನಾದ ಶಿವನನ್ನು ಬಿಡುಗಡೆಮಾಡಿದಳು; ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ಆಕೆಯನ್ನೂ (ಇತರಳನ್ನೂ) ಶಾಪದಿಂದ ಮುಕ್ತಗೊಳಿಸಿದಳು।

Word by Word

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सहस्र-भुजा: having a thousand arms
• सहस्र-भुजा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक) + भुज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि: सहस्रं भुजाः यस्याः सा

• देवी: the goddess
• देवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• समाक्रम्य: having attacked
• समाक्रम्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्-आ-क्रम् (धातु) → समाक्रम्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• अभिपीड्य: having pressed/squeezed
• अभिपीड्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अभि-पीड् (धातु) → अभिपीड्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

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

• मोक्षयामास: released/set free
• मोक्षयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु) (णिच्)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्शभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; causative (णिच्): मोक्षयति

• गिरिशम्: Giriśa (Śiva)
• गिरिशम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरिश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; शिवनाम

• अशापयत्: caused to curse / made (him) curse
• अशापयत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शप् (धातु) (णिच्)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; causative (णिच्): शापयति

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तथा: thus/in that manner
• तथा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (manner adverb)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa), contextually narrating to sages

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Giriśa (Śiva)
• Harasiddhi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Devī’s power both restrains and liberates—she removes affliction and undoes curse-bound conditions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The episode belongs to the Śīkottara-centered account in this chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated; the narrative supports seeking Devī’s grace for śāpa-nivṛtti (relief from curses).