Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 3
Devanagari script
स्वर्णवर्णांचिते यद्वन्नगे दावाग्निसंवृते । आरुह्यजौ निमिर्दैत्यो हरिं प्रत्युद्ययौ बली
Transliteration
svarṇavarṇāṃcite yadvannage dāvāgnisaṃvṛte | āruhyajau nimirdaityo hariṃ pratyudyayau balī
Translation
যেন বনাবৃত পৰ্বত সোণালী আভাৰে দীপ্ত আৰু দাৱাগ্নিৰে বেষ্টিত, তেনেদৰে বলী দৈত্য নিমিয়ে (নিজ বাহন) আৰোহণ কৰি হৰিৰ বিপক্ষে ধাৱমান হ’ল।
Word by Word
स्वर्णवर्णांचितेadorned with golden color
स्वर्णवर्णांचिते:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्वर्ण + वर्ण + अञ्चित (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (locative singular masculine)
यद्वत्as/like
यद्वत्:
Sambandha (Comparative particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयद्वत् (अव्यय)
Formअव्ययम्; उपमानवाचक-निपातः (indeclinable of comparison: as/like)
नगेon the mountain
नगे:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootनग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (locative singular masculine)
दावाग्निसंवृतेenveloped by forest-fire
दावाग्निसंवृते:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootदावाग्नि + संवृत (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (locative singular masculine)
आरुह्यhaving mounted
आरुह्य:
Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial to main verb)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ-रुह् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्ययम् (gerund); पूर्वकालः (having mounted)
अजौa goat/ram
अजौ:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (accusative singular masculine)
निमिःNimi
निमिः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनिमि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (nominative singular masculine)
दैत्यःthe demon
दैत्यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; निमेः विशेषणम्/अप्पोजिशन् (nominative singular masculine)
हरिम्Hari (Vishnu)
हरिम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootहरि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (accusative singular masculine)
प्रतिtowards/against
प्रति:
Sambandha (Directional particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रति (अव्यय)
Formअव्ययम्; उपसर्ग/पूर्वपद-निपातः (towards/against)
उद्ययौadvanced/set out
उद्ययौ:
Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootउद्-या (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकारः (परोक्शभूत/Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम् (he set out/advanced)
बलीmighty
बली:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootबलिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (nominative singular masculine)
Speaker
Nārada (continuing context from 20.1)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Daitya Nimi, radiant like a golden mountain wrapped in wildfire, mounts his beast and rushes toward Hari; flames and heat shimmer form a halo-like yet destructive aura around him.
Characters & Entities
N
Nimi (Daitya)H
Hari (Viṣṇu)FAQs
The Purāṇa contrasts blazing, destructive force with the sustaining presence of Hari—reminding that aggression cannot overturn divine protection.
No; this is a combat episode, not a site-glorification verse.
None.