Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

जज्ञे सहस्ररूपा च लक्षकोटितनुः शिवा । नानारूपायुधाकारा नानावादनचारिणी

Transliteration

jajñe sahasrarūpā ca lakṣakoṭitanuḥ śivā | nānārūpāyudhākārā nānāvādanacāriṇī

Translation

تب شیوَا، وہ مبارک دیوی، ہزار روپوں والی پیدا ہوئی؛ لاکھوں اور کروڑوں بدنوں کی حامل، طرح طرح کے ہتھیاروں اور بے شمار چہروں کے ساتھ، ہر سمت میں گردش کرنے والی۔

Word by Word

• जज्ञे: was born; arose
• जज्ञे: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद

• सहस्ररूपा: having a thousand forms
• सहस्ररूपा: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• लक्षकोटितनुः: having bodies numbering lakhs and crores
• लक्षकोटितनुः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + कोटि (प्रातिपदिक) + तनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण

• शिवा: Śivā (the Goddess)
• शिवा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिवा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• नानारूपायुधाकारा: having various forms and weapon-shapes/appearances
• नानारूपायुधाकारा: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नाना (अव्यय) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक) + आयुध (प्रातिपदिक) + आकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण

• नानावादनचारिणी: moving about with various sounds/music; making diverse noises
• नानावादनचारिणी: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नाना (अव्यय) + वादन (प्रातिपदिक) + चारिणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) [deduced; exact speaker not in snippet]

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (king) addressed in the verse

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Auspicious Devī erupts into a thousand forms, bodies multiplying into innumerable manifestations; each form bears distinct weapons and faces, filling the sky in a terrifying yet divine radiance.

Characters & Entities

• Śivā (Devī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine auspiciousness (Śivā) is not weakness; it can become immeasurably powerful to defend cosmic balance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named in this line; it is part of the Revā Khaṇḍa’s wider sacral narrative of the Narmadā region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a descriptive verse.