Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

तावत्स पुरुषो भूत्वा खड्गपाणिरदृश्यत । अथ तं पुरुषं देवी खड्गहस्तं शरोत्करैः

Transliteration

tāvatsa puruṣo bhūtvā khaḍgapāṇiradṛśyata | atha taṃ puruṣaṃ devī khaḍgahastaṃ śarotkaraiḥ

Translation

ครั้นนั้นมันปรากฏเป็นบุรุษ ถือพระขรรค์อยู่ในมือ แล้วพระเทวีทรงรับมือบุรุษผู้ถือดาบนั้นด้วยห่าลูกศรเป็นชุดๆ

Word by Word

• तावत्: then/meanwhile
• तावत्: Adhikarana (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/परिमाणवाचक—‘so long/then’

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

• पुरुषः: a man/person
• पुरुषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु) + क्त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (gerund); ‘having become’

• खड्गपाणिः: one with a sword in hand
• खड्गपाणिः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: खड्ग + पाणि (प्रातिपदिकौ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—खड्गः पाणौ यस्य सः

• अदृश्यत: appeared/was seen
• अदृश्यत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतन-भूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्; कर्मणि-प्रयोगार्थः—‘was seen/appeared’

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse/अनुक्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक—‘then’

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

• पुरुषम्: the man
• पुरुषम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

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

• खड्गहस्तम्: sword-in-hand
• खड्गहस्तम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: खड्ग + हस्त (प्रातिपदिकौ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—खड्गः हस्ते यस्य तम् (पुरुषम् विशेषयति)

• शरोत्करैः: with heaps/volleys of arrows
• शरोत्करैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर + उत्कर (प्रातिपदिकौ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; समासः—शराणाम् उत्करैः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa addressing sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setukṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The demon becomes a sword-bearing man, suddenly visible; Devī answers instantly with a storm of arrows, filling the air with streaking shafts.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (Durgā)
• Daitya (Mahiṣāsura in transformation)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Changing forms cannot change one’s nature; divine power meets every tactic with an appropriate remedy.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Setu-mahātmya framework surrounds the episode, but no particular tīrtha is specified in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.