Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 193

Devanagari script

जयेति तुष्टुवुश्चैनं वादित्राण्यभ्यवादयन् । ननृस्तष्टुवुश्चैवं कराघातांश्च चक्रिरे

Transliteration

jayeti tuṣṭuvuścainaṃ vāditrāṇyabhyavādayan | nanṛstaṣṭuvuścaivaṃ karāghātāṃśca cakrire

Translation

‘ജയം!’ എന്നു വിളിച്ചു അവർ അവനെ സ്തുതിച്ചു; വാദ്യങ്ങൾ മുഴങ്ങി. അവർ നൃത്തം ചെയ്തു, കീർത്തിഗാനം ചെയ്തു, ആനന്ദത്തിൽ കൈയടിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• जय: victory
• जय: Sambodhana/Exclamation
• Type: Noun
• Root: जय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन/प्रथमा-रूपेण (interjectional vocative-like), एकवचन; जय-शब्दः घोषरूपे (cry)

• इति: thus
• इति: Discourse marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यादि-परामर्शक अव्यय

• तुष्टुवुः: they praised
• तुष्टुवुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय

• एनम्: him
• एनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (enam)

• वादित्राणि: musical instruments
• वादित्राणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वादित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• अभ्यवादयन्: they played (them); sounded
• अभ्यवादयन्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-वादय् (धातु; वद्-णिच्)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन

• ननृतुः: they danced
• ननृतुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नृत् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन

• तष्टुवुः: they praised
• तष्टुवुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्तु (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; (पाठभेदे ‘तुष्टुवुः’)

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Manner (प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार-बोधक अव्यय (adverb)

• कराघातान्: hand-claps; blows of hands
• कराघातान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर-आघात (प्रातिपदिक; कर + आघात)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय

• चक्रिरे: they did/made
• चक्रिरे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa, Maheshvara-khaṇḍa style)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devas shout ‘Jaya!’ while drums, conches, and cymbals sound; gandharvas sing; apsarases dance; hands clap in rhythm around Skanda as the honored commander.

Characters & Entities

• Suras (Devas)
• Mahāsena/Skanda (implied by 'him')

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional praise (stuti) and collective rejoicing are presented as natural responses to divine manifestation and dharmic victory.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified; the focus is on divine celebration rather than sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal ritual is prescribed, but the verse models devotional acts: chanting ‘jaya’, music, dance, and praise.