Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

पुनः प्रववृते युद्धं देवानां दानवैः सह । शस्त्रास्त्रैर्बहुधा मुक्तैः परस्परवधैषिबिः

Transliteration

punaḥ pravavṛte yuddhaṃ devānāṃ dānavaiḥ saha | śastrāstrairbahudhā muktaiḥ parasparavadhaiṣibiḥ

Translation

ثم اندلعت الحرب من جديد بين الدِّيفات والدَّانَفَة؛ وتطايرت الأسلحة والمقذوفات على اختلاف أنواعها، وكلُّ فريقٍ يتوخّى هلاكَ الآخر.

Word by Word

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरावृत्तिवाचक (again)

• प्रववृते: arose/ensued
• प्रववृते: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-वृत् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• युद्धम्: battle
• युद्धम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive); बहुवचन

• दानवैः: with the Dānavas
• दानवैः: Sahakāraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); बहुवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakāraka (Comitative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक (with)

• शस्त्रास्त्रैः: with weapons and missiles
• शस्त्रास्त्रैः: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शस्त्र + अस्त्र (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास (शस्त्राणि च अस्त्राणि च); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); बहुवचन

• बहुधा: in many ways, profusely
• बहुधा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बहुधा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/प्रकारबहुल्यवाचक (in many ways/abundantly)

• मुक्तैः: released, hurled
• मुक्तैः: Karaṇa (Qualifier of instrument)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुच् (धातु) → मुक्त (क्त/कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (शस्त्रास्त्रैः)

• परस्परवधैषिबिः: seeking mutual slaughter
• परस्परवधैषिबिः: Sahakāraka / Karaṇa (Descriptive of participants)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परस्पर + वध + एषिन् (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (परस्परस्य वधम् एषन्ति = seeking each other’s killing); पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (दानवैः/योद्धृभिः implied)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (narrative frame)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A renewed clash erupts: arrows, spears, and astras crisscross the sky like a storm; Devas and Dānavas surge toward each other, faces set on destruction, dust and light filling the air.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Dānavas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When hostility is fueled by mutual hatred, conflict renews itself; dharma points toward restraint and higher refuge beyond violence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedārakhaṇḍa frames the narrative within the Kedāra sacred landscape, though this verse is not a direct tīrtha-stuti.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.