Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

ततस्तस्या ददौ वज्रमायुधं त्रिदशाधिपः । शक्तिं स्कन्दः सुतीक्ष्णाग्रां चापं देवो जनार्दनः

Transliteration

tatastasyā dadau vajramāyudhaṃ tridaśādhipaḥ | śaktiṃ skandaḥ sutīkṣṇāgrāṃ cāpaṃ devo janārdanaḥ

Translation

پھر تری دَشوں کے ادھیشور اندر نے اسے وجر ہتھیار دیا؛ اسکند نے نہایت تیز نوک والا نیزہ (شکتی) عطا کیا؛ اور دیو جناردن نے اسے کمان بخشا۔

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय; तद्-प्रभव)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरार्थक (then/thereupon)

• tasyāḥ: to her / of her
• tasyāḥ: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• dadau: gave
• dadau: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (दा धातु) परस्मैपद
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• vajram: thunderbolt
• vajram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vajra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• āyudham: weapon
• āyudham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āyudha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; उपपद-विशेष्य (appositional)

• tridaśa-adhipaḥ: lord of the thirty (gods)
• tridaśa-adhipaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tridaśa (प्रातिपदिक) + adhipa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (tridaśānām adhipaḥ)

• śaktim: spear/śakti-weapon
• śaktim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• skandaḥ: Skanda
• skandaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: skanda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• su-tīkṣṇa-agrām: having a very sharp tip
• su-tīkṣṇa-agrām: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + tīkṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + agra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषण (agreeing with śaktim); कर्मधारयः (su-tīkṣṇam agraṃ yasyāḥ)

• cāpam: bow
• cāpam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• devaḥ: the god
• devaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• janārdanaḥ: Janārdana (Viṣṇu)
• janārdanaḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janārdana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; नाम (Viṣṇu)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kātyāyanī-kṣetra (implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A formal investiture: Indra presents the vajra; Skanda offers a razor-tipped spear; Janārdana hands a bow—Devī stands poised, receiving each with calm authority, surrounded by celestial witnesses.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Skanda
• Janārdana
• Kātyāyanī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is protected through unified divine support; power is consecrated as service, not domination.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; this is part of the Māhātmya’s mythic charter for divine protection.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the focus is on divine empowerment rather than a human rite.