Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 168

Devanagari script

एतस्मिन्नंतरे शक्तिं सोऽक्षिपद्गिरिजात्मजः । उल्काज्वाला विमुञ्चंतीमतिसूर्याग्निसप्रभाम्

Transliteration

etasminnaṃtare śaktiṃ so'kṣipadgirijātmajaḥ | ulkājvālā vimuñcaṃtīmatisūryāgnisaprabhām

Translation

"ထိုခဏ၌ပင် ဂိရိဇာ ၏ သားတော် (ကုမာရ) သည် ဥက္ကာပျံ ၏ မီးတောက် ကဲ့သို့ တောက်လောင်လျက် နေမင်း နှင့် မီး ကဲ့သို့ ထွန်းလင်းသော လှံမ (ရှတ္တိ) ကို ပစ်လွှတ်လိုက်လေသည်။"

Word by Word

• एतस्मिन्: in this
• एतस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अन्तरे: in the interval
• अन्तरे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• शक्तिम्: the spear (śakti)
• शक्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अक्षिपत्: threw
• अक्षिपत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षिप् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• गिरिजात्मजः: the son of Girijā (Pārvatī)
• गिरिजात्मजः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरिजा + आत्मज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (गिरिजायाः आत्मजः)

• उल्काज्वाला: a meteor-like flame
• उल्काज्वाला: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उल्का + ज्वाला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (उल्केव ज्वाला)

• विमुञ्चन्तीम्: emitting
• विमुञ्चन्तीम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + मुच् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषण (शक्तिम्)

• अतिसूर्याग्निसप्रभाम्: having a brilliance surpassing sun and fire
• अतिसूर्याग्निसप्रभाम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अति + सूर्य + अग्नि + सप्रभा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण; समासः—तत्पुरुष (सूर्याग्निसदृशी प्रभा यस्याः, अतिशयेन)

Speaker

Narrator

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Skanda, son of Girijā, in a poised warrior stance, hurls the Śakti. The spear becomes a blazing meteor with a long flame-tail, lighting the sky brighter than sun and fire; the asura recoils in the distance.

Characters & Entities

• Girijā (Pārvatī)
• Kumāra/Skanda
• Śakti (spear weapon)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When dharma is endangered, divine intervention becomes swift and unstoppable, symbolized by Skanda’s blazing śakti.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse; it focuses on Skanda’s divine act in battle.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.