Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

अब्रवीत्तिष्ठतिष्ठेति खङ्गमुद्यम्य भीषणः । सोऽपिदेव्या महाराज तथा चैवावलोकितः

Transliteration

abravīttiṣṭhatiṣṭheti khaṅgamudyamya bhīṣaṇaḥ | so'pidevyā mahārāja tathā caivāvalokitaḥ

Translation

Brandindo a espada, terrível, bradou: «Pára! Pára!» Contudo, ó grande rei, também ele foi apenas fitado pela Deusa.

Word by Word

• abravīt: said
• abravīt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: brū (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (भूतकाल), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘said’

• tiṣṭha: stand
• tiṣṭha: Kriya (Command/आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘stand!’

• tiṣṭha: stand (again)
• tiṣṭha: Kriya (Command/आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (धातु)
• Form: लोट्, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (emphatic repetition)

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotative/इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उद्धरण/वाक्यसमाप्ति सूचक) = thus

• khaṅgam: sword
• khaṅgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: khaṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• udyamya: having raised
• udyamya: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ud-yam (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); ‘having raised’

• bhīṣaṇaḥ: terrible
• bhīṣaṇaḥ: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhīṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (of he/Śumbha)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात) = also/even

• devyā: by the goddess
• devyā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; ‘by the goddess’

• mahārāja: O great king
• mahārāja: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahārāja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; महा + राजा (कर्मधारय)

• tathā: thus
• tathā: Adhikarana (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = thus/in that manner

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय) = and

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात) = indeed/just

• avalokitaḥ: was looked at
• avalokitaḥ: Kriya (Passive predicate/कर्मणि-विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava-lok (धातु)
• Form: अवलोक्-धातोः क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘was looked at’

Speaker

Narrator (addressing a king: mahārāja)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śumbha strides forward alone, sword lifted, shouting ‘tiṣṭha tiṣṭha’; Devī meets him with a steady gaze; the moment freezes just before his power collapses under her look.

Characters & Entities

• Śumbha
• Devī
• King (listener, unnamed)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Outer ferocity cannot stand before inner divinity; Devī’s calm power neutralizes violent ego.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Arbuda’s sacred setting continues as the locus of Devī’s decisive protection.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the focus is on the immediacy of divine justice in the protection narrative.