Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 84

Devanagari script

शल्यं कर्णं तथान्यांश्च दुर्योधनमुखांस्ततः । धार्तराष्ट्रान्निहत्याजौ धर्मराजो युधिष्ठिरः

Transliteration

śalyaṃ karṇaṃ tathānyāṃśca duryodhanamukhāṃstataḥ | dhārtarāṣṭrānnihatyājau dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ

Translation

Nachdem Śalya, Karṇa und die übrigen, von Duryodhana angeführt, in der Schlacht gefallen waren, vernichtete Dharmarāja Yudhiṣṭhira die Dhārtarāṣṭras auf dem Kampfplatz.

Word by Word

• शल्यम्: Śalya
• शल्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कर्णम्: Karṇa
• कर्णम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तथा: also, likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverb/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (also/likewise)

• अन्यान्: others
• अन्यान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• दुर्योधनमुखान्: those headed by Duryodhana
• दुर्योधनमुखान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्योधन (प्रातिपदिक) + मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहि (दुर्योधनः मुखं येषां—whose leader is Duryodhana)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Sequence/क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (thereafter/then)

• धार्तराष्ट्रान्: the Dhārtarāṣṭras (Kauravas)
• धार्तराष्ट्रान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धार्तराष्ट्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• निहत्य: having slain
• निहत्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + हन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (having slain)

• आजौ: in battle
• आजौ: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आजि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• धर्मराजः: Dharma-rāja (king of righteousness)
• धर्मराजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक) + राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (धर्मस्य राजा)

• युधिष्ठिरः: Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिरः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Purāṇic narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kurukṣetra (implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Yudhiṣṭhira, the Dharmarāja, stands amid the aftermath where Śalya, Karṇa, and Duryodhana’s host have fallen—victory tinged with sobriety and responsibility.

Characters & Entities

• Śalya
• Karṇa
• Duryodhana
• Dhṛtarāṣṭra’s party (Dhārtarāṣṭras)
• Yudhiṣṭhira

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Power and lineage perish when opposed to dharma; righteous rule is framed as arising after the defeat of adharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setukhaṇḍa’s larger pilgrimage setting is Setu/Rāmeśvaram; this verse is primarily epic recap.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.