Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

सिषिचुः सर्वदेवानां सेनापत्ये षडाननम् । ततः स्कंदं समालिंग्य पार्वती हर्षगद्गदा

Transliteration

siṣicuḥ sarvadevānāṃ senāpatye ṣaḍānanam | tataḥ skaṃdaṃ samāliṃgya pārvatī harṣagadgadā

Translation

അവർ ഷഡാനനനെ സർവ്വദേവസേനയുടെ സേനാപതിയായി അഭിഷേകം ചെയ്തു. തുടർന്ന് ആനന്ദത്തിൽ കണ്ഠം ഇടറുന്ന പാർവതി സ്കന്ദനെ ആലിംഗനം ചെയ്തു.

Word by Word

• सिषिचुः: sprinkled, anointed
• सिषिचुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सिच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• सर्वदेवानाम्: of all the gods
• सर्वदेवानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-देव (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + देव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः ‘सर्वे देवाः’

• सेनापत्ये: in the office of generalship
• सेनापत्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेनापत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• षडाननम्: the six-faced one (Skanda)
• षडाननम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षड्-आनन (प्रातिपदिक; षड् + आनन)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (षड् आननानि यस्य)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-प्रकारः—सम्बन्ध/क्रमसूचक (then/thereupon)

• स्कन्दम्: Skanda
• स्कन्दम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्कन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• समालिङ्ग्य: having embraced
• समालिङ्ग्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-लिङ्ग् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), अव्ययभाव; ‘having embraced’

• पार्वती: Pārvatī
• पार्वती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• हर्षगद्गदा: choked with joy
• हर्षगद्गदा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हर्ष-गद्गद (प्रातिपदिक; हर्ष + गद्गद)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (हर्षेण गद्गदा)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A consecration ceremony: devas anoint the six-faced Skanda as commander; immediately after, Pārvatī embraces him, overcome with joy, while the assembly looks on in reverent celebration.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda (Ṣaḍānana)
• Pārvatī
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Righteous leadership is sanctified through dharmic consecration, and divine love crowns divine duty.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha appears in this verse; it narrates Skanda’s investiture within the māhātmya context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Anointing/consecration (abhiṣeka-like investiture) is implied for the appointment, though no pilgrim-ritual is instructed.