Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

पञ्चास्यः पादचूडश्च बहुनेत्रः प्रबाहुकः । एकाक्षस्त्वेकपादश्च बहुपादोऽप्यपादकः

Transliteration

pañcāsyaḥ pādacūḍaśca bahunetraḥ prabāhukaḥ | ekākṣastvekapādaśca bahupādo'pyapādakaḥ

Translation

มีปัญจาสยะและปาทจูฑะ; พหุเนตรและประพาหุกะ; เอกากษะและเอกปาทะ; และพหุปาทะ แม้กระทั่งอปาทกะด้วย

Word by Word

• पञ्चास्यः: five-faced (one)
• पञ्चास्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च + आस्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; एकवचन; प्रथमा (1st case); समासः—द्विगु (पञ्च आस्यानि यस्य)

• पादचूडः: one with a crest/tuft on the foot
• पादचूडः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद + चूड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; एकवचन; प्रथमा (1st case); समासः—तत्पुरुष (पादे चूडा यस्य/पादचूडः)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Conjunction
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• बहुनेत्रः: many-eyed (one)
• बहुनेत्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बहु + नेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; एकवचन; प्रथमा (1st case); समासः—तत्पुरुष (बहूनि नेत्राणि यस्य)

• प्रबाहुकः: one with prominent/extended arms
• प्रबाहुकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्र + बाहुक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; एकवचन; प्रथमा (1st case); समासः—उपपद/तत्पुरुष (प्र-उपसर्गयुक्त)

• एकाक्षः: one-eyed (one)
• एकाक्षः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एक + अक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; एकवचन; प्रथमा (1st case); समासः—द्विगु (एकम् अक्षि यस्य)

• तु: and/but
• तु: Sambandha/Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

• एकपादः: one-footed (one)
• एकपादः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एक + पाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; एकवचन; प्रथमा (1st case); समासः—द्विगु (एकः पादः यस्य)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Conjunction
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• बहुपादः: many-footed (one)
• बहुपादः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बहु + पाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; एकवचन; प्रथमा (1st case); समासः—तत्पुरुष (बहवः पादाः यस्य)

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha/Emphasis particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (also/even)

• अपादकः: footless (one)
• अपादकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अ + पादक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; एकवचन; प्रथमा (1st case); नञ्-प्रत्ययार्थ (negation)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in third-person narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu (Setubandha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A parade of bizarre asuras: Pañcāsya (five-faced), Pādacūḍa, Bahunetra (many-eyed), Prabāhuka, Ekākṣa (one-eyed), Ekapāda (one-footed), Bahupāda (many-footed), and Apādaka (footless)—each visually distinct and unsettling.

Characters & Entities

• Pañcāsya
• Pādacūḍa
• Bahunetra
• Prabāhuka
• Ekākṣa
• Ekapāda
• Bahupāda
• Apādaka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The many grotesque forms symbolize the distortions of adharma; despite their variety, they are ultimately subdued by the Devī’s order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.