Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

येन शक्रादयो देवा जिताः सर्वे रणाजिरे । स्वर्गे राज्यं कृतं भूरि स्वयमेव महात्मना

Transliteration

yena śakrādayo devā jitāḥ sarve raṇājire | svarge rājyaṃ kṛtaṃ bhūri svayameva mahātmanā

Translation

Durch ihn wurden Indra und die übrigen Götter allesamt auf dem Schlachtfeld besiegt; und jener Große errichtete sich selbst eine weite Herrschaft im Himmel.

Word by Word

• येन: by whom/whereby
• येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शक्रादयः: Indra and others
• शक्रादयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; आदि-तत्पुरुष (शक्रः आदिः येषाम्)

• देवाः: gods
• देवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• जिताः: were conquered
• जिताः: Pradhana (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जि (धातु) → जित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• रणाजिरे: on the battlefield
• रणाजिरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण (प्रातिपदिक) + अजिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (रणस्य अजिरम्)

• स्वर्गे: in heaven
• स्वर्गे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• राज्यम्: kingdom/sovereignty
• राज्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन

• कृतम्: was made/established
• कृतम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कृत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• भूरि: greatly/abundantly
• भूरि: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूरि (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• स्वयम्: by himself
• स्वयम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (reflexive adverb)

• एव: indeed/alone
• एव: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• महात्मना: by the great-souled one
• महात्मना: Kartr-karana (Agent-instrument/कर्तृकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣayaḥ

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A celestial battlefield: Hiraṇyakaśipu towering with daitya army, Indra and devas retreating amid shattered chariots; Svarga’s jeweled architecture in the background, banners and weapons strewn, dramatic clouds and lightning.

Characters & Entities

• Indra (Śakra)
• Devas
• Hiraṇyakaśipu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly power—even heavenly dominion—can be seized by force, but it remains unstable without alignment to divine dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as narrative background within the chapter’s māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None is stated in this verse.