Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

चक्रैश्च शक्तिभिश्चैव तोमरैरंकुशैरपि । कर्णिनालीकनाराचवत्सदंतार्द्धचंद्रकैः

Transliteration

cakraiśca śaktibhiścaiva tomarairaṃkuśairapi | karṇinālīkanārācavatsadaṃtārddhacaṃdrakaiḥ

Translation

ചക്രാസ്ത്രങ്ങളും ശക്തികളും, തോമരങ്ങളും അങ്കുശങ്ങളും, കൂടാതെ കർണി, നാളീക, നാരാച, വത്സദന്ത, അർദ്ധചന്ദ്രമുഖ അമ്പുകളുടെ മുറിക്കുന്ന മഴയാൽ യുദ്ധഭൂമി നിറഞ്ഞു।

Word by Word

• चक्रैः: with discs/chakrams
• चक्रैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे तृतीया-विभक्तिः (करण), बहुवचनम्

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• शक्तिभिः: with lances/spears
• शक्तिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे तृतीया-विभक्तिः (करण), बहुवचनम्

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Avadharana (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्ययम् (emphasis)

• तोमरैः: with javelins
• तोमरैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोमर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया-विभक्तिः (करण), बहुवचनम्

• अङ्कुशैः: with goads/hooks
• अङ्कुशैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्कुश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया-विभक्तिः (करण), बहुवचनम्

• अपि: also
• अपि: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्ययम् (also)

• कर्णिनालीकनाराचवत्सदन्तार्द्धचन्द्रकैः: with karṇin arrows, ālīka arrows, nārāca arrows, vatsadanta weapons, and half-moon blades
• कर्णिनालीकनाराचवत्सदन्तार्द्धचन्द्रकैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्णिन् (प्रातिपदिक) + आलीक (प्रातिपदिक) + नाराच (प्रातिपदिक) + वत्सदन्त (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्द्धचन्द्रक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया-विभक्तिः (करण), बहुवचनम्; बहुपद-द्वन्द्व-समासः (विविध-शस्त्राणि)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A volley-filled sky: spinning discus weapons, hurled śaktis, tomara spears, ankushas; arrows of multiple head-shapes streak in arcs—crescent (ardhacandra), heavy nārāca—creating a dense ‘rain of missiles’.

Characters & Entities

• Cakra
• Śakti
• Tomara
• Aṅkuśa
• Nārāca
• Ardhacandra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The piling up of weapon-names underscores how conflict multiplies means of injury, while dharma calls for mastery over such impulses.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; the verse is technical and descriptive.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.