Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

योधयस्व महाबाहो मया सार्धमशंकितः । तवास्त्रैः पूर्यमाणोऽहं गच्छामि भवनं स्वकम्

Transliteration

yodhayasva mahābāho mayā sārdhamaśaṃkitaḥ | tavāstraiḥ pūryamāṇo'haṃ gacchāmi bhavanaṃ svakam

Translation

ହେ ମହାବାହୁ, ନିର୍ଭୟ ହୋଇ ମୋ ସହ ଯୁଦ୍ଧ କର। ତୁମ ଅସ୍ତ୍ରରେ ଆବୃତ ହେଲେ ମୁଁ ମୋର ସ୍ୱଧାମକୁ ଯିବି।

Word by Word

• yodhayasva: fight (engage in battle)
• yodhayasva: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yudh (धातु) causative √yodhaya (णिजन्त)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; णिजन्त (cause to fight / engage in battle)

• mahābāho: O mighty-armed one
• mahābāho: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + bāhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; पुल्लिङ्ग

• mayā: with me / by me
• mayā: Sahakāraka (Instrument/सह-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• sārdham: together with
• sārdham: Sahārtha (Accompaniment)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sārdham (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक-क्रियाविशेषण (together/with)

• aśaṃkitaḥ: unafraid, without doubt
• aśaṃkitaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-śaṃkita (प्रातिपदिक; √śaṅk)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त) with नञ्-प्रत्यय; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; used adverbially/predicatively: 'being unafraid'

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• astraiḥ: with weapons
• astraiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: astra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• pūryamāṇaḥ: being filled / pervaded
• pūryamāṇaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √pṝ (धातु) → pūryamāṇa (शानच्/मान-प्रत्यय; कर्मणि/भावे)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि कृदन्त (मान/शानच्), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; 'being filled' (by your weapons)

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• gacchāmi: I go
• gacchāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• bhavanam: abode, house
• bhavanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; goal/object of motion

• svakam: one’s own
• svakam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: svaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण of 'bhavanam'

Speaker

Viṣṇu

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedāranātha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viṣṇu invites the mighty-armed opponent to fight without hesitation, declaring that when enveloped by the opponent’s weapons he will depart to his own abode—suggesting invulnerability and divine play.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Vīrabhadra
• Astra (divine weapons)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even confrontation can be a divine līlā that ends in restoration—courage and restraint serve dharma, not ego.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.