Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

एवंविधा त्वेकवीरा शक्तिरेषा सनातनी । पूजिताराधिता चैव सर्वाभीप्सितदा नृणाम्

Transliteration

evaṃvidhā tvekavīrā śaktireṣā sanātanī | pūjitārādhitā caiva sarvābhīpsitadā nṛṇām

Translation

Ekavīrā quả đúng như thế—là Śakti vĩnh cửu. Khi được thờ phụng và chí thành cầu thỉnh, Ngài ban cho con người mọi điều mong ước.

Word by Word

• एवंविधा: such (in nature)
• एवंविधा: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एवंविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular (such/of this kind)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात; adversative/contrast particle 'but/indeed'

• एकवीरा: Ekavīrā
• एकवीरा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकवीरा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• शक्तिः: power/Śakti
• शक्तिः: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• एषा: this
• एषा: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Pronoun nominative singular

• सनातनी: eternal
• सनातनी: Samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सनातन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular (eternal)

• पूजिता: worshipped
• पूजिता: Samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त-क्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'having been worshipped'

• आराधिता: propitiated
• आराधिता: Samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-राध् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त-क्त, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'having been propitiated'

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

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय; emphatic particle 'indeed/only'

• सर्व-अभीप्सित-दा: giver of all desired (boons)
• सर्व-अभीप्सित-दा: Samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + अभीप्सित (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त) + दा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular (giver of all desired things)

• नृणाम्: of men
• नृणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Genitive plural (of men)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ekavīrā-kṣetra (implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees offer lamps, flowers, and red cloth to Ekavīrā; the goddess appears as sanātanī Śakti, calm yet potent, granting boons with an open palm (varada-mudrā).

Characters & Entities

• Ekavīrā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional worship of the eternal Śakti is affirmed as a complete path for fulfilling righteous desires and obtaining divine support.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ekavīrā’s northern station is the implied sacred geography; this verse focuses on her boon-bestowing nature rather than a named site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā (worship) and ārādhana (propitiation) of Ekavīrā, with the fruit of sarvābhīpsita-siddhi (fulfillment of desired aims).