Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

एवंविधा त्वेकवीरा शक्तिरेषा सनातनी । पूजिताराधिता चैव सर्वाभीप्सितदा नृणाम्

Transliteration

evaṃvidhā tvekavīrā śaktireṣā sanātanī | pūjitārādhitā caiva sarvābhīpsitadā nṛṇām

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെയത്രേ ഏകവീരാ—ഇവൾ സനാതന ശക്തി. പൂജിച്ച് ആരാധിച്ചാൽ മനുഷ്യർക്കു എല്ലാ അഭീഷ്ടങ്ങളും പ്രസാദിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• एवंविधा: such (in nature)
• एवंविधा: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एवंविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular (such/of this kind)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात; adversative/contrast particle 'but/indeed'

• एकवीरा: Ekavīrā
• एकवीरा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकवीरा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• शक्तिः: power/Śakti
• शक्तिः: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• एषा: this
• एषा: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Pronoun nominative singular

• सनातनी: eternal
• सनातनी: Samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सनातन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular (eternal)

• पूजिता: worshipped
• पूजिता: Samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त-क्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'having been worshipped'

• आराधिता: propitiated
• आराधिता: Samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-राध् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त-क्त, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'having been propitiated'

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

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय; emphatic particle 'indeed/only'

• सर्व-अभीप्सित-दा: giver of all desired (boons)
• सर्व-अभीप्सित-दा: Samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + अभीप्सित (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त) + दा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular (giver of all desired things)

• नृणाम्: of men
• नृणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Genitive plural (of men)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ekavīrā-kṣetra (implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees offer lamps, flowers, and red cloth to Ekavīrā; the goddess appears as sanātanī Śakti, calm yet potent, granting boons with an open palm (varada-mudrā).

Characters & Entities

• Ekavīrā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional worship of the eternal Śakti is affirmed as a complete path for fulfilling righteous desires and obtaining divine support.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ekavīrā’s northern station is the implied sacred geography; this verse focuses on her boon-bestowing nature rather than a named site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā (worship) and ārādhana (propitiation) of Ekavīrā, with the fruit of sarvābhīpsita-siddhi (fulfillment of desired aims).