Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

बिंबानि सर्वताराणां गच्छन्त्यायांति च द्रुतम् । सैषा महाबला शक्तिर्भास्वरा कुरुनन्दन

Transliteration

biṃbāni sarvatārāṇāṃ gacchantyāyāṃti ca drutam | saiṣā mahābalā śaktirbhāsvarā kurunandana

Translation

一切星辰的圆轮（影像）迅疾运行，往来不息。此即那光耀、具大威力的圣力（Śakti），噢，俱卢族之欢喜者。

Word by Word

• बिंबानि: images/discs (or orbs)
• बिंबानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बिंब (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• सर्वताराणाम्: of all stars
• सर्वताराणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-तारा (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + तारा)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• गच्छन्ति: go
• गच्छन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

• आयान्ति: come
• आयान्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु) उपसर्गः आ-
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

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

• द्रुतम्: quickly
• द्रुतम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: द्रुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverbial accusative)

• सा: she/that (f.)
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• एषा: this (f.)
• एषा: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• महाबला: very powerful
• महाबला: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा-बल (प्रातिपदिक; महा + बल)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifier)

• शक्तिः: power/Śakti
• शक्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• भास्वरा: radiant
• भास्वरा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भास्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• कुरुनन्दन: O joy of the Kurus (Arjuna)
• कुरुनन्दन: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरु-नन्दन (प्रातिपदिक; कुरु + नन्दन)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating; addressing a Kuru prince (listener referenced as Kurunandana)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Kurunandana (a Kuru prince addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant Devī-Śakti visualized as the force behind the swift circling of star-discs across the sky; the cosmos appears as a mandala with moving stellar orbs, while the Devī’s effulgence dominates the firmament.

Characters & Entities

• Śakti
• Tārāḥ (stars)
• Kurunandana (epithet of listener)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cosmic movement is governed by divine power; Śakti is portrayed as the hidden principle behind celestial order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse is cosmological and devotional in tone.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.