Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 44
Devanagari script
सह देवगणैः सर्वैर्वसुरुद्रार्कपूर्वकैः । एतस्मिन्नंतरे शक्रो वज्रं रौद्रतमं च यत्
Transliteration
saha devagaṇaiḥ sarvairvasurudrārkapūrvakaiḥ | etasminnaṃtare śakro vajraṃ raudratamaṃ ca yat
Translation
Zusammen mit allen Scharen der Götter—angeführt von den Vasus, Rudras und Ādityas—ergriff Śakra in eben diesem Augenblick seinen Vajra, furchtbar in seiner rasenden Gewalt.
Word by Word
सहtogether with
सह:
Sahakari (Accompaniment)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसह (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (उपसर्गसदृश/सह-योगे: with)
देवगणैःwith the groups of gods
देवगणैः:
Sahakari/Karana (Accompaniment)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव + गण (प्रातिपदिक); देवानां गणाः
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष
सर्वैःall
सर्वैः:
Visheshana (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (देवगणैः)
वसुरुद्रार्कपूर्वकैःpreceded by the Vasus, Rudras, and Ādityas (Arkas)
वसुरुद्रार्कपूर्वकैः:
Visheshana (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootवसु + रुद्र + अर्क + पूर्वक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचनम्; समाहार/निर्देशार्थे बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः; विशेषणम् (देवगणैः)
एतस्मिन्in this
एतस्मिन्:
Adhikarana (Location/time frame)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचनम्
अन्तरेin the meantime/interval
अन्तरे:
Adhikarana (Temporal locative)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचनम्; ‘अन्तरे’ = in the interval/meanwhile
शक्रःŚakra (Indra)
शक्रः:
Karta (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootशक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्
वज्रम्thunderbolt
वज्रम्:
Karma (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootवज्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्
रौद्रतमम्most terrible/fierce
रौद्रतमम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootरौद्र + तमप् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; अतिशय (superlative) विशेषणम् (वज्रम्)
चand
च:
Samuccaya (Conjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (समुच्चय/and)
यत्which/that
यत्:
Sambandha (Relative reference)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun: which/that)
Speaker
Sūta (narration)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Indra stands amid the full host of gods—Vasus, Rudras, and Ādityas—raising the terrible vajra, charged with raudra power, as the battle crests.
Characters & Entities
Ś
Śakra (Indra)V
VasusR
RudrasĀ
Ādityas/ArkaV
VajraFAQs
When dharma is threatened, divine forces are depicted as uniting; strength becomes legitimate when employed to restore sacred order.
Not specified in this verse.
None.