Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

वित्रेसुर्दुद्रुवुर्जघ्नुर्निपेतुश्च सहस्रशः । एवं विलुलिते तस्मिन्दानवेन्द्रे महाबले

Transliteration

vitresurdudruvurjaghnurnipetuśca sahasraśaḥ | evaṃ vilulite tasmindānavendre mahābale

Translation

ارتاعوا—فمنهم من فرّ، ومنهم من ضرب، وسقطت ألوفٌ منهم. وهكذا، إذ كان سيدُ الدانَفَةِ العظيمُ القوة يُقذَف في الاضطراب،

Word by Word

• वित्रेसुः: they trembled
• वित्रेसुः: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-त्रस् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (plural)

• दुद्रुवुः: they ran away
• दुद्रुवुः: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: द्रु (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (plural)

• जघ्नुः: they struck/killed
• जघ्नुः: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (plural)

• निपेतुः: they fell down
• निपेतुः: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-पत् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (plural)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• सहस्रशः: by the thousand; in thousands
• सहस्रशः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक) + शस् (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), प्रकार/परिमाणवाचक (by thousands)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), प्रकारवाचक (thus)

• विलुलिते: when (he/it) was tossed about/overpowered
• विलुलिते: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-लुलित (कृदन्त; √लुल्/लोल्)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle sense), सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन (singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग-सामान्य (locative absolute context)

• तस्मिन्: in him/when that (was so)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन (singular), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (in him/therein)

• दानवेन्द्रे: in/when the lord of the Dānavas
• दानवेन्द्रे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative: 'of the Dānavas' + 'lord'), सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन (singular), पुंलिङ्ग (masculine)

• महाबले: very mighty
• महाबले: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा + बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (महान् बलः यस्य/महाबलः), सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन (singular), पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), विशेषण (qualifier of दानवेन्द्रे)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A battlefield in upheaval: daityas/dānavas and devas in disarray; warriors fleeing, others striking, bodies falling in heaps; the dānava leader is ‘vilulita’—thrown into confusion—amid dust and broken standards.

Characters & Entities

• Dānavendra (lord of the Dānavas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma’s power is unstable; when confronted by divine force, even great strength dissolves into panic and defeat.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None in this verse; it is a battlefield narration rather than a pilgrimage description.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.