Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 99

Devanagari script

ताभिः शक्तिभिरेतेषां बलिनां दितिजन्मनाम् । प्रत्येकं परितो रुद्ध उद्वेलः सैन्यसागरः

Transliteration

tābhiḥ śaktibhireteṣāṃ balināṃ ditijanmanām | pratyekaṃ parito ruddha udvelaḥ sainyasāgaraḥ

Translation

By those Śaktis, the surging ocean of the army of those mighty Diti-born demons was hemmed in on all sides—each contingent separately encircled and restrained.

Word by Word

• tābhiḥ: by those (powers)
• tābhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (instrumental plural: by those)

• śaktibhiḥ: by the powers
• śaktibhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; करणपद (instrumental plural)

• eteṣām: of these
• eteṣām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (genitive plural)

• balinām: of the strong
• balinām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठī)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: balin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; विशेषण (genitive plural: of the strong)

• ditijanmanām: of those born of Diti (Daityas)
• ditijanmanām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ditija (प्रातिपदिक) + janman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; समासः = षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: दितिजन्मनः (born of Diti)

• pratyekam: each one, individually
• pratyekam: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pratyeka (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (वितरणार्थक क्रियाविशेषण) = indeclinable distributive adverb

• paritaḥ: all around
• paritaḥ: Desha-adhikarana (Locative sense/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: paritas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उपसर्गार्थक/क्रियाविशेषण) = indeclinable adverb: all around

• ruddhaḥ: blocked/hemmed in
• ruddhaḥ: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √rudh (रुध्) + ta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि/कर्मणि प्रयोगः (blocked/hemmed in)

• udvelaḥ: surging, overflowing
• udvelaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: udvela (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (nominative singular)

• sainya-sāgaraḥ: the ocean-like army
• sainya-sāgaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sainya (प्रातिपदिक) + sāgara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः = तत्पुरुष: सैन्यस्य सागरः (ocean of army)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: muni (sage)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Countless Śaktis form concentric rings around separate demon battalions, like luminous walls; the demon army appears as a dark, surging sea broken into isolated ‘pools’ by divine containment.

Characters & Entities

• Daityas (Diti-born demons)
• Śaktis

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

No matter how vast adharma appears, divine energy can contain and dismantle it with precision.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative belongs to Kāśī Khaṇḍa, supporting the Mahātmya atmosphere of Kāśī, but no specific tīrtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.