Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

धनुषां षष्ट्यभियुतैः पुरुषैरीशयोजितैः । ॐ कारशतसाहस्रैः पर्वतश्चाभिरक्षितः

Transliteration

dhanuṣāṃ ṣaṣṭyabhiyutaiḥ puruṣairīśayojitaiḥ | oṃ kāraśatasāhasraiḥ parvataścābhirakṣitaḥ

Translation

رب کی مقرر کردہ، ساٹھ کمانوں سے آراستہ مردوں نے اس پہاڑ کی خوب حفاظت کی ہے؛ اور پرنَو (اوم) کی مقدس حضوریوں یعنی لاکھوں اومکار بھی اسے محفوظ رکھتے ہیں۔

Word by Word

• धनुषाम्: of bows
• धनुषाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• षष्टि-अभियुतैः: by those joined with sixty (i.e., sixty in number)
• षष्टि-अभियुतैः: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षष्टि (प्रातिपदिक) + अभियुत (प्रातिपदिक; युज् धातु से क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (षष्ट्या अभियुताः = joined with sixty)

• पुरुषैः: by men/persons
• पुरुषैः: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ईश-योजितैः: appointed/assigned by the Lord
• ईश-योजितैः: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईश (प्रातिपदिक) + योजित (प्रातिपदिक; युज् धातु से क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (ईशेन योजिताः)

• ॐकार-शत-साहस्रैः: by hundred-thousands of Oṃkāras
• ॐकार-शत-साहस्रैः: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ॐकार (प्रातिपदिक) + शत (प्रातिपदिक) + साहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; संख्या-सम्बद्ध तत्पुरुष (शतानां साहस्रैः = hundred-thousands)

• पर्वतः: the mountain
• पर्वतः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• अभिरक्षितः: was protected
• अभिरक्षितः: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicative participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रक्ष् (धातु) उपसर्गः अभि-; क्त-प्रत्यय
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि-भाव (having been protected)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Skanda Purana narrative framework)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Oṃkāra-parvata / sacred mountain of the Amareśvara kṣetra (contextual)

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred mountain ringed by bow-bearing sentinels; above and around it float countless luminous ‘Oṃ’ glyphs like protective sparks, forming a mantra-shield over the peak and its shrines.

Characters & Entities

• Īśa (Śiva)
• Oṃkāra (Praṇava)
• Parvata (mountain)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred topography is protected both materially (guardians) and spiritually (praṇava/Oṃkāra power).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A sacred mountain associated with the Amareśvara/Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha-region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied praṇava reverence (Oṃkāra); no explicit vow is stated.