Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

जघनोरःस्थले पार्थ तालमेघं महाहवे । जनार्दनस्तदा दैत्यं दैत्यो हरिमहन्मृधे

Transliteration

jaghanoraḥsthale pārtha tālameghaṃ mahāhave | janārdanastadā daityaṃ daityo harimahanmṛdhe

Translation

In jener großen Schlacht, o Pārtha, traf Janārdana den Daitya Tālamēgha an Hüfte und Brust; und im wilden Kampf schlug der Daitya auch Hari.

Word by Word

• जघनोरःस्थले: on the hip/chest area
• जघनोरःस्थले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जघन + उरः + स्थल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; समासः—जघनस्य उरःस्थले/जघन-उरः-स्थले (on the hip/chest region)

• पार्थ: O Pārtha
• पार्थ: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (vocative), एकवचन

• तालमेघम्: Tālamegha
• तालमेघम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तालमेघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• महाहवे: in the great battle
• महाहवे: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + अहव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; समासः—महा + अहव (great battle)

• जनार्दनः: Janārdana
• जनार्दनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (Temporal adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (then)

• दैत्यम्: the demon
• दैत्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• दैत्यः: the demon
• दैत्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन

• हरिम्: Hari
• हरिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• अहन्: struck
• अहन्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (imperfect past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; 'struck/killed'

• मृधे: in battle
• मृधे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृध्/मृध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; 'in battle'

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator, likely Sūta/Skanda framework within Revā Khaṇḍa)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Janārdana strikes Tālamēgha on hips and chest; the daitya simultaneously lands a blow on Hari; bodies twist in motion, weapons mid-arc, dust and light swirling; the moment is frozen at peak impact.

Characters & Entities

• Janārdana
• Hari
• Tālamegha
• Pārtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even when the righteous encounter resistance and counterblows, dharma endures and ultimately prevails through divine guardianship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The episode belongs to the Revā (Narmadā) Māhātmya, presenting the Narmadā region as protected and sanctified by divine action.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual instruction appears in this verse.