Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

रणे राजकुले द्यूते नित्यं तस्य जयो भवेत् । शस्त्र धारयते ह्येषां समरे कांडधारिणी

Transliteration

raṇe rājakule dyūte nityaṃ tasya jayo bhavet | śastra dhārayate hyeṣāṃ samare kāṃḍadhāriṇī

Translation

စစ်မြေပြင်၌ လည်းကောင်း၊ နန်းတော်၌ လည်းကောင်း၊ လောင်းကစားပွဲများ၌ လည်းကောင်း ထိုသူသည် အစဉ်အမြဲ အောင်နိုင်၏။ အကြောင်းမူကား တိုက်ပွဲတွင် ဤ (တန်ခိုးရှင်) သည် လှံတံ/မြှားတံကို ကိုင်ဆောင်၍ သူတို့အတွက် လက်နက်ကို ကိုင်ဆောင်ပေးကာ တိုက်ပွဲ၌ အောင်မြင်မှုကို ပေးသနားသောကြောင့်တည်း။

Word by Word

• raṇe: In battle
• raṇe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: raṇa (रण)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular

• rājakule: In the royal court
• rājakule: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājakula (राजकुल)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular

• dyūte: In gambling
• dyūte: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dyūta (द्यूत)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular

• nityam: Always/Eternally
• nityam: null
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nitya (नित्य)
• Form: Adverb

• tasya: His
• tasya: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular

• jayaḥ: Victory
• jayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jaya (जय)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• bhavet: Should be
• bhavet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू)
• Form: Vidhilin Lakara (Potential), 3rd Person, Singular

• śastram: Weapon
• śastram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śastra (शस्त्र)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (Contextual correction from 'śastra')

• dhārayate: Holds/Wears
• dhārayate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dhṛ (धृ)
• Form: Lat Lakara (Present), 3rd Person, Singular, Atmanepada

• hi: Indeed
• hi: null
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (हि)
• Form: Particle

• eṣām: Of these
• eṣām: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (इदम्)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural

• samare: In war
• samare: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: samara (समर)
• Form: Masculine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular

• kāṇḍadhāriṇī: Holder of arrows/weapons
• kāṇḍadhāriṇī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāṇḍadhāriṇī (कांडधारिणी)
• Form: Feminine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Characters & Entities

• Kāṇḍadhāriṇī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine śakti safeguards dharma: when one aligns with sacred power and righteous conduct, obstacles in conflict, public life, and competition are overcome and victory is attained.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is explicitly named in this verse; it functions as a phala (benefit) statement tied to the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa’s Skanda-centered devotional context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite (snāna, dāna, vrata, or japa) is stated in this line; it reads as a benefit claim connected to invoking/remembering the martial power termed Kāṇḍadhāriṇī.