Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 816

Devanagari script

अन्येऽप्याज्ञापयिष्यंति मामेवं धनुषो बलात् । उपायमन्यं वक्ष्यामि तरणार्थं बलस्य ते

Transliteration

anye'pyājñāpayiṣyaṃti māmevaṃ dhanuṣo balāt | upāyamanyaṃ vakṣyāmi taraṇārthaṃ balasya te

Translation

Auch andere werden mir so befehlen, im Vertrauen auf die Kraft des Bogens. Ich werde dir ein anderes Mittel zum Überschreiten nennen, um deiner Heerscharen willen.

Word by Word

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), समुच्चय/अपि-अर्थ (also/even)

• आज्ञापयिष्यन्ति: will command/order
• आज्ञापयिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आज्ञा√पय् (धातु; causative of √ज्ञा/आज्ञा-प्रयोग)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/स्त्री (pronoun), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• एवम्: thus/in this manner
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• धनुषः: of the bow
• धनुषः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• बलात्: by force; due to strength
• बलात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन (Singular)

• उपायम्: means/strategy
• उपायम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपाय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• अन्यम्: another
• अन्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifier) of उपायम्

• वक्ष्यामि: I will tell
• वक्ष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular)

• तरणार्थम्: for the purpose of crossing
• तरणार्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तरण (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); प्रयोजनार्थक (purpose)

• बलस्य: of the army/force
• बलस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Unknown (insufficient snippet context; likely a dialogue in Setu-related narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A commander-like sage/guide addresses warriors at the seashore near Setu, gesturing toward the waters and indicating an alternative method for crossing; bows and standards visible, waves and distant sandbars/bridge-line suggested.

Characters & Entities

• dhanuṣ (bow)
• bala (army/forces)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Power alone is not the sole path; wise counsel seeks an appropriate upāya (means) to accomplish a dharmic objective.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it appears as narrative context connected to the Setu/crossing theme.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is narrative and strategic rather than ritual.