Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

एते चान्ये च बहवः प्रवरा दानवोत्तमाः । क्रोधसंरक्तनयना बिभिदुस्ते जनार्द्दनम्

Transliteration

ete cānye ca bahavaḥ pravarā dānavottamāḥ | krodhasaṃraktanayanā bibhiduste janārddanam

Translation

Diese und viele andere, die Vornehmsten unter den erlesenen Dānavas, mit vor Zorn geröteten Augen, stürmten auf Janārdana ein und schlugen auf ihn ein.

Word by Word

• एते: these
• एते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम-शब्द (pronoun)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• बहवः: many
• बहवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• प्रवराः: excellent, foremost
• प्रवराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रवर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• दानवोत्तमाः: best of the Dānavas (demons)
• दानवोत्तमाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (दानवानाम् उत्तमाः)

• क्रोधसंरक्तनयनाः: with eyes reddened by anger
• क्रोधसंरक्तनयनाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रोध + संरक्त + नयन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषसमासः (क्रोधेन संरक्तानि नयनानि येषाम्—अर्थे विशेषणवत्)

• बिभिदुः: they struck/split, attacked
• बिभिदुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भिद् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun), कर्तृ-समन्वय

• जनार्द्दनम्: Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa)
• जनार्द्दनम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya ṛṣis (typical frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A furious host of elite dānavas, eyes bloodshot with rage, surges forward to strike Janārdana; Janārdana stands composed, radiant, ready to counter.

Characters & Entities

• Dānava
• Janārdana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Anger-driven hostility leads beings to oppose even the divine; the Purāṇas present devotion and humility as the antidote to such blindness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, as the setting where Janārdana’s divine authority is tested and displayed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is a narrative description of attack.