Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 145

Devanagari script

गदाभिः पट्टिशैः खड्गैः शक्तितोमरमुद्गरैः । असिभिर्भि दिपालैश्च पाशतोमरमुष्टिभिः

Transliteration

gadābhiḥ paṭṭiśaiḥ khaḍgaiḥ śaktitomaramudgaraiḥ | asibhirbhi dipālaiśca pāśatomaramuṣṭibhiḥ

Translation

گداؤں، پٹّیشوں، تلواروں، نیزوں، تومروں اور مُدگروں کے ساتھ؛ تیغوں، بھِندی پال ہتھیاروں، پاشوں، تومر کے برچھیوں اور لوہے کی مُٹھیوں کے ساتھ—(وہ مسلح ہوئے)۔

Word by Word

• गदाभिः: with maces
• गदाभिः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• पट्टिशैः: with battle-axes
• पट्टिशैः: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पट्टिश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• खड्गैः: with swords
• खड्गैः: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: खड्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• शक्ति-तोमर-मुद्गरैः: with spears, javelins, and hammers
• शक्ति-तोमर-मुद्गरैः: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + तोमर (प्रातिपदिक) + मुद्गर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; समास: इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (enumerative: spears, javelins, hammers)

• असिभिः: with swords/blades
• असिभिः: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• भि: also (textual/uncertain)
• भि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भि (अव्यय)
• Form: पाठभेद/अस्पष्ट-अव्यय; सम्भवतः ‘अपि’ इत्यस्य लोप/भ्रंशः (also)

• दिपालैः: with ‘dipāla’ weapons (uncertain reading)
• दिपालैः: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिपाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; पाठभेदसम्भवः: ‘दीप-आल’/‘द्विपाल’ इत्यादि; अर्थः अनिश्चितः

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय

• पाश-तोमर-मुष्टिभिः: with nooses, javelins, and fists/hand-weapons
• पाश-तोमर-मुष्टिभिः: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाश (प्रातिपदिक) + तोमर (प्रातिपदिक) + मुष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/स्त्री (समाहार), तृतीया, बहुवचन; समास: इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (nooses, javelins, fists/knuckle-weapons)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedārakṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Close-up montage of weapons being lifted and readied: gadā, paṭṭiśa, khaḍga, śakti, tomara, mudgara, asi, bhindipāla, pāśa; warriors’ hands, gleaming edges, and taut nooses dominate the frame.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It underscores the intensity of the cosmic struggle; the Purāṇic message is that power and armaments are secondary to dharmic alignment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None directly; the Kedāra sacred-region frame remains in the background.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.