Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 176

Devanagari script

आया पलाला मित्रा च सप्तैताः शिशुमातरः । एतासांवीर्यसंपन्नः शिशुश्चाभूत्सुदारुणः

Transliteration

āyā palālā mitrā ca saptaitāḥ śiśumātaraḥ | etāsāṃvīryasaṃpannaḥ śiśuścābhūtsudāruṇaḥ

Translation

阿雅（Āyā）、帕拉拉（Palālā）与弥多罗（Mitrā）——合为七位——被称为“孩童之母”。承受她们的威力，又诞生了一名孩童，极其凶猛可畏。

Word by Word

• आया: Āyā (name)
• आया: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; नाम

• पलाला: Palālā (name)
• पलाला: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: palālā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; नाम

• मित्रा: Mitrā (name)
• मित्रा: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mitrā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; नाम

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

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sapta (संख्यावाचक-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्याशब्दः; अत्र विशेषणम् (एताः)

• एताः: these
• एताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• शिशुमातरः: mothers of infants
• शिशुमातरः: Karta (Predicate nominative/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiśu + mātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (शिशोः मातरः), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• एतासाम्: of these (women)
• एतासाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• वीर्यसंपन्नः: endowed with potency
• वीर्यसंपन्नः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vīrya + sampanna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थे (वीर्येण/वीर्यस्य संपन्नः), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (शिशुः)

• शिशुः: a child
• शिशुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiśu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

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

• अभूत्: became, was
• अभूत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• सुदारुणः: very terrible
• सुदारुणः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su + dāruṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (सुष्ठु दारुणः), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (शिशुः)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Seven ‘mothers of children’—Āyā, Palālā, Mitrā and others implied—stand as a potent circle; from their combined vīrya a single exceedingly fierce child manifests, embodying concentrated power.

Characters & Entities

• Āyā
• Palālā
• Mitrā
• Śiśumātaraḥ

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Power (vīrya) in the cosmos can manifest in fearsome forms; dharma requires proper channeling and pacification through rightful worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No sacred site is specified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not explicitly here; the theme points toward devotion and worship as means of pacifying harmful forces.