Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

एवं वर्षसहस्रांतमभूत्सार्द्धं पिनाकिना । रौद्रं युद्धमन्धकस्य सर्वलोकभयावहम्

Transliteration

evaṃ varṣasahasrāṃtamabhūtsārddhaṃ pinākinā | raudraṃ yuddhamandhakasya sarvalokabhayāvaham

Translation

So dauerte Andhakas schrecklicher Kampf mit dem Bogen tragenden Herrn tausend Jahre lang an und versetzte alle Welten in Angst und Schrecken.

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रकारवाचक) — ‘thus/in this manner’

• varṣasahasrāntam: up to a thousand years
• varṣasahasrāntam: Kala-adhikarana (Time extent/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varṣa-sahasra-anta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कालपरिमाण-रूपेण), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (वर्षसहस्रस्य अन्तः/पर्यन्तः)

• abhūt: was; occurred
• abhūt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (अorist), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• sārddham: together; continuously
• sārddham: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sārdha (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (सहभाववाचक) — ‘together/along with’; अत्र ‘समं/सह’ अर्थे

• pinākinā: by Pinākin (Śiva)
• pinākinā: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pinākin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (कर्ता-करणभावे), एकवचन; ‘पिनाकधारी’ (शिवः)

• raudram: fierce
• raudram: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: raudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘युद्धम्’ इति विशेषणम्

• yuddham: battle
• yuddham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• andhakasya: of Andhaka
• andhakasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: andhaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• sarvalokabhayāvaham: bringing fear to all worlds
• sarvalokabhayāvaham: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva-loka-bhaya-āvaha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘युद्धम्’ इति विशेषणम्; समासः—तत्पुरुष (सर्वलोकानां भयम् आवहति इति)

Speaker

Sūta (implied continuation of narration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast, time-stretched battlefield: Śiva (Pinākin) confronting Andhaka; the three worlds watching in dread; stormy skies and cosmic scale implied by ‘thousand years’.

Characters & Entities

• Andhaka (Andhakāsura)
• Śiva (Pinākin)
• All worlds (sarva-loka)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma, when empowered by boons and ego, becomes a universal threat; only alignment with Śiva (dharma) ends fear for the worlds.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage is situated within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra māhātmya of the Nāgara Khaṇḍa, though the verse itself emphasizes the cosmic impact of the battle.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.