Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

सा हि वैश्रवणस्यास्ते त्रैलोक्याभ्यर्चिता गदा । आयांतीं तां समालोक्य तडित्संघातदुर्द्दशाम्

Transliteration

sā hi vaiśravaṇasyāste trailokyābhyarcitā gadā | āyāṃtīṃ tāṃ samālokya taḍitsaṃghātadurddaśām

Translation

ထိုဂဒါသည် သုံးလောကလုံးက ပူဇော်ဂုဏ်ပြုသော ဝိုင်ශ්ရဝဏ၏ ဂဒါဖြစ်၏။ မိုးကြိုးလျှပ်တပြက်များ စုပေါင်းသကဲ့သို့ ကြောက်မက်ဖွယ်ကောင်းစွာ တိုးဝင်လာသည်ကို မြင်သော် (ရန်သူသည် တားဆီးရန် အသင့်ပြင်၏)။

Word by Word

• सा: she/that (goddess/weapon)
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (emphatic particle)

• वैश्रवणस्य: of Vaiśravaṇa (Kubera)
• वैश्रवणस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैश्रवण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• आस्ते: stands, remains
• आस्ते: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• त्रैलोक्याभ्यर्चिता: worshipped by the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्याभ्यर्चिता: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रैलोक्य + अभ्यर्चित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √अर्च्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), विशेषण (qualifying गदा)

• गदा: mace
• गदा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• आयान्तीम्: coming, approaching
• आयान्तीम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ + या (धातु) + शतृ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्यय (present active participle), विशेषण (qualifying ताम्)

• ताम्: her/that (mace)
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• समालोक्य: having seen
• समालोक्य: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् + आ + लोक् (धातु)
• Form: अव्ययकृदन्त, क्त्वा-प्रत्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• तडित्संघातदुर्द्दशाम्: having a dreadful appearance like a mass of lightning
• तडित्संघातदुर्द्दशाम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तडित् + संघात + दुर्द्दशा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ताम्)

Speaker

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

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A colossal, radiant mace—recognized as Vaiśravaṇa’s—streaks forward like a dense cluster of lightning, illuminating storm clouds; opponents recoil, bracing for impact.

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśravaṇa (Kubera)
• Trailokya
• Gadā
• Taḍit (lightning)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine authority and merit (honored across the worlds) manifest as irresistible power when aligned with dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; the focus is on Vaiśravaṇa’s famed weapon within the narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.