Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 70
Devanagari script
आसादयसि मां युद्धे पतंग इव पावकम् । वधेन तव को लाभो मम मुक्तोऽसि बालक
Transliteration
āsādayasi māṃ yuddhe pataṃga iva pāvakam | vadhena tava ko lābho mama mukto'si bālaka
Translation
„Du forderst mich zum Kampf heraus wie eine Motte, die ins Feuer stürzt. Welchen Gewinn hättest du, mich zu töten? Kind, du wirst (von deiner Last) befreit werden.“
Word by Word
आसादयसिyou attack/assail
आसादयसि:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootआस्+सद् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), परस्मैपदम्, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular); causative/णिजन्त (आसादयति)
माम्me
माम्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/स्त्री (Pronoun), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
युद्धेin battle
युद्धे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootयुद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)
पतंगःa moth
पतंगः:
Upamana (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
TypeNoun
Rootपतंग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
इवlike
इव:
Sambandha (Comparative marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (अव्यय)
Formउपमा-अव्यय (comparative particle)
पावकम्fire
पावकम्:
Upameya (Compared object/उपमेय)
TypeNoun
Rootपावक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
वधेनby killing (you)
वधेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootवध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)
तवfor you/your
तव:
Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)
कःwhat? / who?
कः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
लाभःgain/benefit
लाभः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootलाभ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
ममof me/my
मम:
Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)
मुक्तःreleased/freed
मुक्तः:
Kriya (Predicate complement/विधेय)
TypeVerb
Rootमुच् (धातु) → मुक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; predicate with असि
असिyou are
असि:
Kriya (Copula/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), परस्मैपदम्, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular)
बालकO boy
बालक:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootबालक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन (Vocative/8th), एकवचन (Singular)
Speaker
Tāraka
Visual Art Cues
Scene: On a cosmic battlefield, Tāraka confronts childlike Skanda; Skanda’s expression is calm, almost compassionate, as he speaks a cutting yet liberating taunt; flames or a moth-to-fire metaphor appears as a visual aside.
Characters & Entities
T
TārakaS
Skanda (Kumāra)FAQs
Adharma often masks fear with contempt; it misjudges dharma’s agent and mistakes inevitable defeat for superiority.
None.
None.