Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मलोकात्समानीता मयाराध्यात्र भारत । नामकीर्तनमप्यस्या दुष्टानां घातनं विदुः

Transliteration

brahmalokātsamānītā mayārādhyātra bhārata | nāmakīrtanamapyasyā duṣṭānāṃ ghātanaṃ viduḥ

Translation

噢，婆罗多啊，她自梵天界（Brahmaloka）被迎请而来，并在此由我奉祀。人们知道，即便只是称诵她的圣名，也能成为诛灭恶徒之力。

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मलोकात्: from Brahmaloka
• ब्रह्मलोकात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Ablative singular (from Brahmaloka)

• समानीता: brought
• समानीता: Samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-नी (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त-क्त, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'brought'

• मया: by me
• मया: Kartr-karana (Agent-instrument/कर्ता-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Instrumental singular (by me)

• आराध्य: having propitiated
• आराध्य: Kriya (Non-finite action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-राध् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (क्त्वार्थ), Absolutive: having propitiated

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय; adverb 'here'

• भारत: O Bhārata
• भारत: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Vocative singular (O Bhārata)

• नाम-कीर्तनम्: name-chanting
• नाम-कीर्तनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक) + कीर्तन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nom./Acc. singular (chanting of the name)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/सम्भावना-अव्यय; particle 'also/even'

• अस्याः: of her
• अस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Genitive singular (of her)

• दुष्टानाम्: of the wicked
• दुष्टानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Genitive plural (of the wicked)

• घातनम्: slaying
• घातनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: घातन (प्रातिपदिक; from √हन्/घात)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nom./Acc. singular (slaying/destruction)

• विदुः: they know
• विदुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परिपूर्ण/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; Perfect: they know/they have known

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced; vocative 'bhārata' preserved as epic-style address within narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ekavīrā-sthāna (installed from Brahmaloka)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata / Pāṇḍava addressee (as per vocative)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage/heroic narrator addresses ‘Bhārata’; Ekavīrā’s icon is ceremonially brought down from a celestial realm and installed; devotees chant her name, and shadowy wicked forces dissolve.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmaloka
• Ekavīrā (context)
• The wicked (duṣṭa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Goddess’s grace is so potent that even nāma-kīrtana (name-chanting) functions as a force of protection and moral purification, subduing wickedness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse implies a local place of worship where the speaker has established/adores the Goddess; the explicit place-name is not provided in this snippet.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nāma-kīrtana—chanting the Goddess’s name—is praised as efficacious, alongside ongoing ārādhana (propitiation).