Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 145

Devanagari script

गदाभिः पट्टिशैः खड्गैः शक्तितोमरमुद्गरैः । असिभिर्भि दिपालैश्च पाशतोमरमुष्टिभिः

Transliteration

gadābhiḥ paṭṭiśaiḥ khaḍgaiḥ śaktitomaramudgaraiḥ | asibhirbhi dipālaiśca pāśatomaramuṣṭibhiḥ

Translation

ഗദ, പട്ടിശ, ഖഡ്ഗ, ശക്തി, തോമരം, മുദ്ഗരം എന്നിവകൊണ്ടും; കൂടാതെ അസി, ഭിന്ദിപാലം, പാശം, തോമരായുധം, ലോഹമുഷ്ടി എന്നിവകൊണ്ടും (അവർ ആയുധധാരികളായി)।

Word by Word

• गदाभिः: with maces
• गदाभिः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• पट्टिशैः: with battle-axes
• पट्टिशैः: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पट्टिश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• खड्गैः: with swords
• खड्गैः: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: खड्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• शक्ति-तोमर-मुद्गरैः: with spears, javelins, and hammers
• शक्ति-तोमर-मुद्गरैः: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + तोमर (प्रातिपदिक) + मुद्गर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; समास: इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (enumerative: spears, javelins, hammers)

• असिभिः: with swords/blades
• असिभिः: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• भि: also (textual/uncertain)
• भि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भि (अव्यय)
• Form: पाठभेद/अस्पष्ट-अव्यय; सम्भवतः ‘अपि’ इत्यस्य लोप/भ्रंशः (also)

• दिपालैः: with ‘dipāla’ weapons (uncertain reading)
• दिपालैः: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिपाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; पाठभेदसम्भवः: ‘दीप-आल’/‘द्विपाल’ इत्यादि; अर्थः अनिश्चितः

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय

• पाश-तोमर-मुष्टिभिः: with nooses, javelins, and fists/hand-weapons
• पाश-तोमर-मुष्टिभिः: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाश (प्रातिपदिक) + तोमर (प्रातिपदिक) + मुष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/स्त्री (समाहार), तृतीया, बहुवचन; समास: इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (nooses, javelins, fists/knuckle-weapons)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedārakṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Close-up montage of weapons being lifted and readied: gadā, paṭṭiśa, khaḍga, śakti, tomara, mudgara, asi, bhindipāla, pāśa; warriors’ hands, gleaming edges, and taut nooses dominate the frame.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It underscores the intensity of the cosmic struggle; the Purāṇic message is that power and armaments are secondary to dharmic alignment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None directly; the Kedāra sacred-region frame remains in the background.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.