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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

ततो युद्धं समभवद्देवयोर्दानवैः सह । आच्छादितौ तौ ददृशुर्दैत्यैर्देवगणास्तदा

Transliteration

tato yuddhaṃ samabhavaddevayordānavaiḥ saha | ācchāditau tau dadṛśurdaityairdevagaṇāstadā

Translation

Da erhob sich ein Kampf zwischen den beiden Göttern und den Dānavas. Zu jener Zeit sahen die Scharen der Götter jene beiden wie verhüllt und verborgen, von den Daityas ringsum umschlossen.

Word by Word
ततःthen
ततः:
Sambandha (Temporal/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक अव्यय — temporal adverb ‘then/thereupon’
युद्धम्battle
युद्धम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयुद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular
समभवत्arose/occurred
समभवत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + भू (धातु)
Formलङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — Imperfect, 3rd person, Singular
देवयोःof the two gods
देवयोः:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी/सप्तमी विभक्ति, द्विवचन — Masculine, Gen./Loc., Dual
दानवैःwith the Dānavas
दानवैः:
Sahakari (Association/सहकारी)
TypeNoun
Rootदानव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Masculine, Instrumental, Plural
सहtogether with
सह:
Sahakari (Association/सहकारी)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसह (अव्यय)
Formसहकारार्थक अव्यय — preposition/adverb ‘together with’
आच्छादितौcovered/obscured
आच्छादितौ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootआ + छद् (धातु) → आच्छादित (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, द्विवचन — Past passive participle, Masculine, Nominative, Dual; predicate adjective of ‘तौ’
तौthose two
तौ:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, द्विवचन — Pronoun, Masculine, Nom./Acc., Dual
ददृशुःsaw
ददृशुः:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootदृश् (धातु)
Formलिट् (परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन — Perfect, 3rd person, Plural
दैत्यैःby the Daityas
दैत्यैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootदैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Masculine, Instrumental, Plural
देव-गणाःthe hosts of gods
देव-गणाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक) + गण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Plural
तदाthen
तदा:
Sambandha (Temporal/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदा (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक अव्यय — temporal adverb ‘at that time’
Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Battle erupts; the two divine figures are momentarily hidden by a press of Daityas, while the devas look on in alarm, sensing the crisis.

Characters & Entities
D
Deva
D
Dānava
D
Daitya
D
Devagaṇa

FAQs

Dharma may appear momentarily obscured by hostile forces, yet the Purāṇic narrative frames such concealment as temporary before divine restoration.

Dvārakā, whose Māhātmya depicts it as a protected divine domain even amid cosmic battle.

None; it narrates the onset of battle.

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