Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

हतशेषैः सुरैः सार्धं सर्वांगक्षतविक्षतैः । ततो जगाम वित्रस्तो ब्रह्मलोकं दिवा लयात्

Transliteration

hataśeṣaiḥ suraiḥ sārdhaṃ sarvāṃgakṣatavikṣataiḥ | tato jagāma vitrasto brahmalokaṃ divā layāt

Translation

Dann zog er zusammen mit den überlebenden Göttern — an allen Gliedern verwundet und zerschunden — voll Furcht nach Brahmaloka, die himmlische Wohnstatt zurücklassend.

Word by Word

• हत-शेषैः: with the surviving (gods)
• हत-शेषैः: Sahakaraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √हन्) + शेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; विशेषण (सुरैः) — 'with the remaining (gods) after being slain (i.e., survivors)'

• सुरैः: with the gods
• सुरैः: Sahakaraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; सह/करण

• सार्धम्: together with
• सार्धम्: Sahakaraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्धम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सहार्थक) — 'together with'

• सर्व-अङ्ग-क्षत-विक्षतैः: with (those) wounded all over
• सर्व-अङ्ग-क्षत-विक्षतैः: Sahakaraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षत (कृदन्त; √क्षद्/क्षत् as 'wounded') + विक्षत (कृदन्त; √क्षत् with वि-)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; विशेषण (सुरैः) — 'with (those) wounded and mangled in all limbs'

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — 'then/thereupon'

• जगाम: went
• जगाम: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; 'went'

• वित्रस्तः: terrified
• वित्रस्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वित्रस्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √त्रस् with वि-)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तृ-विशेषण — 'terrified'

• ब्रह्मलोकम्: to Brahmaloka
• ब्रह्मलोकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म — 'Brahmā's world'

• दिवा: by day
• दिवा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दिव् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक) — 'by day/in daytime'

• लयात्: from (his) dwelling/place
• लयात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; अपादान — 'from (his) abode/refuge'

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator addressing brāhmaṇas)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra and the remaining devas, bodies scarred and bleeding, ascend from the abandoned heaven toward the serene, luminous Brahmaloka; contrast between chaos below and calm above.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Devas
• Brahmaloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the mighty are subject to fear and reversal; refuge is sought in higher realms when adharma overwhelms.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is specified in this verse; it functions as narrative background within the Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse describes the aftermath of battle and Indra’s retreat.