Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 159

Devanagari script

सर्वायुधपरिष्कारं सर्वास्त्रपरिरक्षितम् । त्रैलोक्यऋद्धिसंपन्नं कल्पांतांतकनादितम्

Transliteration

sarvāyudhapariṣkāraṃ sarvāstraparirakṣitam | trailokyaṛddhisaṃpannaṃ kalpāṃtāṃtakanāditam

Translation

ആ രഥം സർവായുധങ്ങളാൽ സുസജ്ജവും സർവാസ്ത്രങ്ങളാൽ പരിരക്ഷിതവും ആയിരുന്നു. ത്രിലോക ഋദ്ധിയാൽ സമ്പന്നമായി, കല്പാന്ത സംഹാരകന്റെ ഗർജ്ജനപോലെ മുഴങ്ങുകയായിരുന്നു।

Word by Word

• सर्व-आयुध-परिष्कारम्: fully equipped with weapons
• सर्व-आयुध-परिष्कारम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of implied ‘रथम्’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + आयुध (प्रातिपदिक) + परिष्कार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (सर्वैः आयुधैः परिष्कारः यस्य/यत्र)

• सर्व-अस्त्र-परिरक्षितम्: protected by all missiles
• सर्व-अस्त्र-परिरक्षितम्: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + अस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक) + परि + रक्ष् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (all weapons-protected)

• त्रै-लोक्य-ऋद्धि-संपन्नम्: endowed with the splendor of the three worlds
• त्रै-लोक्य-ऋद्धि-संपन्नम्: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक) + ऋद्धि (प्रातिपदिक) + सम् + पद् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (endowed with the prosperity of the three worlds)

• कल्प-अन्त-अन्तक-नादितम्: resounding like the destroyer at the end of an aeon
• कल्प-अन्त-अन्तक-नादितम्: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कल्प (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्तक (प्रातिपदिक) + नादय्/नद् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (sounded/roared like the end-of-aeon destroyer)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A colossal chariot bristling with every weapon, encircled by glowing astras like a protective aura; it roars like the end-of-age destroyer, shaking the three worlds.

Characters & Entities

• three worlds (trailokya)
• Antaka (Destroyer/Death)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even seemingly invincible worldly power is still within Time; cosmic imagery reminds that all might is ultimately subject to the Lord’s order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse heightens the battle’s cosmic scale.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.