Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 82
Devanagari script
ततः कोट्यो विनिष्पेतुः शक्तीनां भर्तर्षभ । स शक्त्यस्त्रेण बलवान्करस्थेनाहनत्प्रभुः
Transliteration
tataḥ koṭyo viniṣpetuḥ śaktīnāṃ bhartarṣabha | sa śaktyastreṇa balavānkarasthenāhanatprabhuḥ
Translation
ထို့နောက် အရှင်တို့အနက် နွားထီးကဲ့သို့ မြတ်သောသူရေ၊ သက္တိလှံ ကုဋိပေါင်းများစွာ ပေါက်ကွဲထွက်လာ၏။ ထိုအခါ အင်အားကြီးသော အရှင်သည် လက်ထဲတွင်ကိုင်ထားသော သက္တိအာယုဓဖြင့် ထိုးနှက်လေ၏။
Word by Word
tataḥthen
tataḥ:
Sambandha (Context/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय; क्रमवाचक (thereupon)
koṭyaḥcrores (multitudes)
koṭyaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkoṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन
viniṣpetuḥsprang forth
viniṣpetuḥ:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvi-niṣ-√spat/√sphuṭ? (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्; अर्थः—‘निष्पेतुः/निष्पतितवन्तः’ (sprang forth)
śaktīnāmof spears
śaktīnām:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootśakti (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन
bhartarṣabhaO bull among lords (best of rulers)
bhartarṣabha:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootbhartṛ + ṛṣabha (प्रातिपदिके)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (कर्मधारयभावः: ‘bhartṝṇāṃ ṛṣabhaḥ’), पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/8th), एकवचन
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
śaktyastreṇawith the śakti-weapon
śaktyastreṇa:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootśakti + astra (प्रातिपदिके)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (‘śaktyāḥ astraṃ’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन
balavānmighty
balavān:
Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootbalavat (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying saḥ/prabhuḥ)
kara-sthenaheld in (his) hand
kara-sthena:
Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootkara + stha (प्रातिपदिके)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (सप्तमी/अधिकरण-सम्बन्धः: ‘kare stham’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying śaktyastreṇa: ‘held in hand’)
ahanatstruck / slew
ahanat:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Roothan (धातु)
Formलङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्
prabhuḥthe lord
prabhuḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootprabhu (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; apposition to saḥ
Speaker
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages
Visual Art Cues
Scene: From Skanda’s single Śakti in hand, crores of spears burst outward like rays from a sun, filling the sky in ordered, lethal geometry; the Lord strikes decisively.
Characters & Entities
S
SkandaŚ
Śakti-astraS
Spears (śakti)FAQs
The Lord’s single resolve manifests as limitless power; dharma’s protector is never lacking in means.
None; this verse continues the martial narrative rather than a sthala-māhātmya.
None.