Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 39
Devanagari script
यान्यान्बाणान्हरिर्दिव्यानस्त्राणि च मुमोच ह । निवारयति दैत्यस्तान्प्रहसंल्लीलयैव च
Transliteration
yānyānbāṇānharirdivyānastrāṇi ca mumoca ha | nivārayati daityastānprahasaṃllīlayaiva ca
Translation
হরি যে যে দিব্য বাণ ও অস্ত্র নিক্ষেপ করলেন, দৈত্য সেগুলি সবই প্রতিহত করল—হাসতে হাসতে, যেন কেবল লীলা।
Word by Word
यान्which
यान्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन — relative pronoun ‘which’
यान्which (all)
यान्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन — repetition for emphasis
बाणान्arrows
बाणान्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootबाण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन — accusative plural
हरिःHari
हरिः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootहरि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — nominative singular
दिव्यान्divine
दिव्यान्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootदिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन — accusative plural; विशेषण (बाणान्)
अस्त्राणिmissiles; weapons
अस्त्राणि:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन — accusative plural
चand
च:
Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (समुच्चय-निपात) — and
मुमोचreleased; discharged
मुमोच:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√मुच् (मुच् धातु)
Formलिट् (परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — perfect, 3rd sg
हindeed
ह:
Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootह (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (निपात) — emphatic particle
निवारयतिchecks; wards off
निवारयति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootनि + √वृ (वृ धातु)
Formलट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — present, 3rd sg
दैत्यःthe demon
दैत्यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — nominative singular
तान्those
तान्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन — accusative plural
प्रहसन्laughing
प्रहसन्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्र + √हस् (हस् धातु)
Formवर्तमान कृदन्त (शतृ) — ‘प्रहसन्’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (दैत्यः)
लीलयाplayfully; as a sport
लीलया:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootलीला (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन — instrumental singular
एवjust; merely
एव:
Avadharana (Emphasis/अवधारण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (अवधारण-निपात) — only/just
चand
च:
Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (समुच्चय-निपात) — and
Speaker
Narrator (contextual)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: The demon laughs, effortlessly neutralizing every divine missile and weapon that Hari releases, as if the battle were a game.
Characters & Entities
H
Hari (Viṣṇu)D
Daitya (demon)D
Divyāstras (divine weapons)FAQs
Adharma can appear formidable and mocking for a time; Purāṇic narrative teaches perseverance until divine justice ripens.
No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.
None.