Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 127

Devanagari script

त्वं सावित्रीमयो देव सर्वत्रैवापराजितः । मंत्र शर्वात्मको देवः षडक्षरवतां वरः

Transliteration

tvaṃ sāvitrīmayo deva sarvatraivāparājitaḥ | maṃtra śarvātmako devaḥ ṣaḍakṣaravatāṃ varaḥ

Translation

హే దేవా, మీరు సావిత్రీ (గాయత్రీ)మయులు, సర్వత్ర అపరాజితులు. హే దేవా, మీరు మంత్రస్వరూపులు, శర్వ (శివ) ఆత్మస్వరూపులు, మరియు షడక్షరీ మంత్రధారులలో శ్రేష్ఠులు.

Word by Word

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• sāvitrīmayaḥ: made of Sāvitrī
• sāvitrīmayaḥ: Pradhana-predicative (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sāvitrī + maya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सावित्रीमयः (consisting of/filled with Sāvitrī)

• deva: O god
• deva: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन

• sarvatra: everywhere
• sarvatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sarvatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Avadharana (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• aparājitaḥ: unconquered
• aparājitaḥ: Pradhana-predicative (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-parājita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; न पराजितः (unconquered)

• maṃtra: mantra
• maṃtra: Pradhana-predicative (Qualifier/विशेषणवत्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maṃtra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/सम्बोधन (contextual), एकवचन; यहाँ विशेषणवत् पूर्वपद-प्रयोग (mantra-)

• śarvātmakaḥ: of Śarva-nature
• śarvātmakaḥ: Pradhana-predicative (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śarva + ātmaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; शर्व-आत्मकः (having Śarva as essence / of Śarva-nature)

• devaḥ: the god
• devaḥ: Pradhana-predicative (Predicate nominative/विशेष्य-निर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ṣaḍakṣaravatām: of those who have the six-syllable (mantra)
• ṣaḍakṣaravatām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṣaṭ + akṣara + vat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; षडक्षरं यस्यास्ति सः (possessors of the six-syllable (mantra))

• varaḥ: the best
• varaḥ: Pradhana-predicative (Predicate nominative/विशेष्य-निर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; श्रेष्ठार्थक

Speaker

Viśvāmitra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Phālguna (Arjuna)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Skanda as a radiant youth with a subtle Gāyatrī aura—threefold light (triadic radiance) behind him; a Śiva-linga or Śiva’s presence implied to show ‘śarvātmakatā’; mantra syllables (six-syllable motif) appear as six luminous petals around the deity, signifying ṣaḍakṣara excellence.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• Sāvitrī (Gāyatrī)
• Śarva (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine victory is rooted in mantra-power and alignment with Śiva-tattva; Skanda is praised as that invincible spiritual force.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named; the verse is mantra-theological within the Skanda nāmāvalī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Allusion to ṣaḍakṣara-mantra practice; the verse elevates Skanda as supreme among six-syllable mantra traditions.