Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

पिप्पलश्च सहस्रेण सन्नादश्च तथा बली । आवेशनस्तथाष्टाभिः सप्तभिश्चंद्रतापनः

Transliteration

pippalaśca sahasreṇa sannādaśca tathā balī | āveśanastathāṣṭābhiḥ saptabhiścaṃdratāpanaḥ

Translation

毗婆罗率一千随从而来，善那陀亦至，威力雄健。阿韦舍那携八部而来，旃陀罗塔般那携七部而至。

Word by Word

• पिप्पलः: Pippala
• पिप्पलः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिप्पल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; नाम

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

• सहस्रेण: with a thousand
• सहस्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे तृतीया (करण) एकवचनम् (instrumental singular: ‘with a thousand’)

• सन्नादः: Sannāda
• सन्नादः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्नाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; नाम

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

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; समुच्चय/प्रकारार्थे

• बली: strong
• बली: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बलिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; इन्-प्रत्ययान्तः (strong)

• आवेशनः: Āveśana
• आवेशनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आवेशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; नाम

• तथा: and likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; समुच्चय/प्रकारार्थे

• अष्टाभिः: with eight
• अष्टाभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया (करण) बहुवचनम्; संख्याविशेषणम्

• सप्तभिः: with seven
• सप्तभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया (करण) बहुवचनम्; संख्याविशेषणम्

• चंद्रतापनः: Candratāpana
• चंद्रतापनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्र + तापन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; नाम (‘moon-heater/tormentor of the moon’)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pippala arrives with a thousand attendants, followed by mighty Sannāda whose presence is felt as a rolling roar; Āveśana comes with eight companies in trance-like fervor; Candratāpana with seven, radiating an uncanny heat under a moon-emblem banner.

Characters & Entities

• Pippala
• Sannāda
• Āveśana
• Candratāpana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The divine retinue includes varied powers and ranks; all are harmonized when devoted to Mahādeva’s cause.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None is explicitly glorified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.