Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22
Devanagari script
तथान्यानि विचित्राणि कूटयुद्धान्यनेकशः । भीषिकाः कुहकाश्चैव शक्रजालानि कृत्स्नशः
Transliteration
tathānyāni vicitrāṇi kūṭayuddhānyanekaśaḥ | bhīṣikāḥ kuhakāścaiva śakrajālāni kṛtsnaśaḥ
Translation
وكذلك دُبِّرت مرارًا حروبٌ عجيبةٌ من ضروب الحِيَل—مكائدُ مُرعبة، وآلاتٌ خادعة، وشِباكُ وَهْمٍ كشبكاتِ إندرا على تمامها.
Word by Word
तथाalso, likewise
तथा:
Sambandha (Connective)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय — 'also/likewise'
अन्यानिother
अन्यानि:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन — विशेषण
विचित्राणिvariegated, wondrous
विचित्राणि:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootविचित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन — विशेषण
कूटयुद्धानिdeceptive/feigned battles (stratagems)
कूटयुद्धानि:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकूट + युद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन — तत्पुरुषः (कूटं युद्धम्)
अनेकशःin many ways, repeatedly
अनेकशः:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअनेकशः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (प्रकारवाचक) — 'in many ways/many times'
भीषिकाःterrifying devices/engines (bhīṣikā)
भीषिकाः:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootभीषिका (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
कुहकाःtricks, illusions
कुहकाः:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकुहक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
चand
च:
Sambandha (Conjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (समुच्चय)
एवindeed
एव:
Sambandha (Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (अवधारण)
शक्रजालानिIndra-nets (magical nets)
शक्रजालानि:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootशक्र + जाल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन — तत्पुरुषः (शक्रस्य जालानि)
कृत्स्नशःcompletely, in full
कृत्स्नशः:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकृत्स्नशः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (परिमाण/समग्रता) — 'entirely, completely'
Speaker
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A surreal battlefield where shimmering nets of illusion spread across the sky; terrifying contraptions loom, while devas counter with luminous clarity—figures half-veiled by mirage-like patterns.
Characters & Entities
Ś
Śakra (as epithet in śakrajāla)K
KūṭayuddhaFAQs
Illusion and trickery may appear powerful, yet dharma ultimately tests what is real, steadfast, and divinely aligned.
No tīrtha is named in this verse.
None.