Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

दिव्यां शक्तिं ससर्जाथ महाघंटारवाकुलाम् । न्यवारयत हुंकारैर्देवी शक्तिं निराकुलाम्

Transliteration

divyāṃ śaktiṃ sasarjātha mahāghaṃṭāravākulām | nyavārayata huṃkārairdevī śaktiṃ nirākulām

Translation

แล้วเขาก็ขว้างศักติทิพย์ อื้ออึงด้วยเสียงก้องดุจระฆังใหญ่; พระเทวีมิได้หวั่นไหว ทรงสกัดอาวุธนั้นด้วยเสียง “หูṃการะ” อันกึกก้อง

Word by Word

• दिव्याम्: divine
• दिव्याम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘शक्तिम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• शक्तिम्: power/weapon (śakti)
• शक्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• ससर्ज: he hurled/created
• ससर्ज: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृज् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/सम्बन्धसूचक (then/now)

• महाघण्टारवाकुलाम्: filled with a great bell-like roar
• महाघण्टारवाकुलाम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा + घण्टा + रव + आकुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (घण्टारवेन आकुला; तत्र महत्)

• न्यवारयत: warded off/prevented
• न्यवारयत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वारय्/वृ (धातु; causative of √वृ/√वार्)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; उपसर्गः नि-

• हुंकारैः: with (her) roars/huṃkāras
• हुंकारैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हुंकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन

• देवी: the goddess
• देवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• शक्तिम्: the śakti (weapon)
• शक्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• निराकुलाम्: unperturbed/undisturbed
• निराकुलाम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर् + आकुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (निर्-उपसर्गपूर्वकः)

Speaker

Sūta (contextual deduction)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setukṣetra (Setubandha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Citrabhānu releases a radiant spear that roars like a massive bell; the Goddess, serene and unperturbed, halts it with a thunderous hūṃkāra—sound rendered as concentric shockwaves and luminous syllabic glyphs.

Characters & Entities

• Ambikā (Devī)
• Citrabhānu (implied attacker)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Mantric sound (hūṃkāra) symbolizes spiritual authority; inner steadiness and divine vibration can neutralize external threats.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu-kṣetra is the overarching pilgrimage context in which Devī’s protective power is narrated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

While no explicit rite is commanded, the verse highlights hūṃkāra/mantra as a protective spiritual force.