Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

त्रिशूलं च महादेवः पाशं च वरुणः स्वयम् । आदित्यश्च सितान्बाणांश्चंद्रमाश्चर्म चोत्तमम्

Transliteration

triśūlaṃ ca mahādevaḥ pāśaṃ ca varuṇaḥ svayam | ādityaśca sitānbāṇāṃścaṃdramāścarma cottamam

Translation

พระมหาเทวะประทานตรีศูล และพระวรุณะประทานบาศด้วยพระองค์เอง; พระอาทิตย์ประทานศรสีขาว และพระจันทราประทานโล่ชั้นเลิศอันงดงาม

Word by Word

• triśūlam: trident
• triśūlam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: triśūla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• mahādevaḥ: Mahādeva (Śiva)
• mahādevaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahādeva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; नाम (Śiva)

• pāśam: noose
• pāśam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• varuṇaḥ: Varuṇa
• varuṇaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varuṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; नाम

• svayam: himself
• svayam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Emphasis/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: svayam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आत्मवाचक (emphatic/reflexive adverb)

• ādityaḥ: Āditya (Sun)
• ādityaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āditya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; नाम (Sun-god)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• sitān: white
• sitān: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन; विशेषण (agreeing with bāṇān)

• bāṇān: arrows
• bāṇān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• candramāḥ: Candramā (Moon)
• candramāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: candramas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; नाम (Moon)

• carma: shield/leather (armor)
• carma: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: carma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• uttamam: excellent
• uttamam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषण (agreeing with carma)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kātyāyanī-kṣetra (implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A culminating tableau: Mahādeva offers the trident; Varuṇa extends the noose; Āditya presents white arrows; Candramā gives a gleaming shield—Devī now stands as the complete guardian, radiant yet composed.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva
• Varuṇa
• Āditya
• Candramā
• Kātyāyanī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

All cosmic powers cooperate to uphold righteousness; each deity contributes their distinctive strength for a single dharmic purpose.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is directly mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.