Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

देवा ऊचुः । बाणो नाम महावीर्यो दानवो बलदर्पितः । तेनास्माकं हृतं सर्वं धनरत्नैर्वियोजिताः

Transliteration

devā ūcuḥ | bāṇo nāma mahāvīryo dānavo baladarpitaḥ | tenāsmākaṃ hṛtaṃ sarvaṃ dhanaratnairviyojitāḥ

Translation

Die Götter sprachen: „Es gibt einen Dānava namens Bāṇa, einen großen Helden, trunken vom Stolz seiner Kraft. Er hat uns alles genommen und uns von Reichtum und Juwelen getrennt.“

Word by Word

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन

• ऊचुः: said
• ऊचुः: Kriyā (Main verb/action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद; धातु: वच्

• बाणः: Bāṇa
• बाणः: Karta (Subject of implied clause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• नाम: by name
• नाम: Viśeṣaṇa-bodhaka (Naming particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (indeclinable used with proper names: 'by name')

• महावीर्यः: of great valor/power
• महावीर्यः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा + वीर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास; विशेषण (बाणः)

• दानवः: a demon (Dānava)
• दानवः: Karta (Subject apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; बाणस्य अपपद/समनाधिकरण

• बलदर्पितः: proud due to strength
• बलदर्पितः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बल + दर्पित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (बलेन दर्पितः) विशेषण (बाणः)

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karaṇa/Karta (Agent in passive; 'by him')
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• अस्माकम्: of us/our
• अस्माकम्: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन

• हृतम्: was taken away
• हृतम्: Kriyā (Predicate via participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृ (धातु) → हृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगः (it was taken)

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karman (Thing taken)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; हृतम् इत्यस्य विशेष्य

• धनरत्नैः: with wealth and jewels
• धनरत्नैः: Karaṇa/Apādāna (Means/with respect to separation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन + रत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन; द्वन्द्व-समास (धनं च रत्नानि च)

• वियोजिताः: were deprived/separated
• वियोजिताः: Kriyā (Predicate via participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-युज् (धातु) → वियोजित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन; कर्मणि/भावे (we were deprived/separated)

Speaker

Devas

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīra (contextual)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The devas report their humiliation: a mighty dānava named Bāṇa, swollen with strength-pride, has seized their treasures; the devas’ faces show loss and indignation.

Characters & Entities

• Bāṇāsura (Bāṇa)
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Power without dharma turns into oppression; ‘bala-darpa’ (arrogance of strength) is portrayed as a hallmark of adharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None in this verse; it reports the devas’ grievance within the Revā Khaṇḍa storyline.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.