Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 117

Devanagari script

प्रस्थाने लोहवद्भावी करिष्ये तं नपुंसकम् । गयत्राडेति मां तत्र पूजयिष्यंति मानवाः

Transliteration

prasthāne lohavadbhāvī kariṣye taṃ napuṃsakam | gayatrāḍeti māṃ tatra pūjayiṣyaṃti mānavāḥ

Translation

प्रस्थाने लोहवद्भावी करिष्ये तं नपुंसकम् । गयत्राडेति मां तत्र पूजयिष्यन्ति मानवाः ॥

Word by Word

• प्रस्थाने: at the departure, on setting out
• प्रस्थाने: Adhikaraṇa (Location/occasion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रस्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• लोहवत्: like Loha
• लोहवत्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लोहवत् (प्रातिपदिक; -वत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्ययवत्/विशेषण; नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनरूपम्; उपमानवाचक (like Loha)

• भावी: destined to become
• भावी: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of implied subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भू (धातु) + णिनि (कृदन्त)
• Form: णिनि-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (future-oriented adjective: 'one who will be'); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (अहं/वक्ता)

• करिष्ये: I will make/do
• करिष्ये: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• नपुंसकम्: impotent, neutered
• नपुंसकम्: Karma-pravacanīya/Complement (Result state)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नपुंसक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (object complement)

• गयत्राड: Gayatrāḍ (name/title)
• गयत्राड: Karta/Predicate nominal (Name)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गयत्राड् (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; इति-सम्बन्धेन नामनिर्देश

• इति: thus, called
• इति: Nāmanirdeśa (Quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नामनिर्देशक/उद्धरणार्थक (quotative)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (there)

• पूजयिष्यन्ति: will worship/honor
• पूजयिष्यन्ति: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• मानवाः: people, humans
• मानवाः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gayatrāḍa-sthāna (within Lohāṭī/Lohāṇa orbit)

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the moment of departure, the deity/hero assumes Loha-like power and strikes down the demon Gaya, rendering him powerless; devotees establish worship, naming the deity ‘Gayatrāḍa’ and offering lamps and flowers.

Characters & Entities

• Loha
• Gayatrāḍa (deity epithet/title)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine power neutralizes harmful forces, and such acts become the basis for local forms and names of worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The locale where the deity is worshipped as ‘Gayatrāḍa’, connected with the Lohāṭī/Dharmāraṇya setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā of the deity in the form/name ‘Gayatrāḍa’ at that place.