Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 102

Devanagari script

विष्णुरुवाच । दैत्येंद्र तव चास्माभिः किमहो श्रृणु सत्यताम्

Transliteration

viṣṇuruvāca | daityeṃdra tava cāsmābhiḥ kimaho śrṛṇu satyatām

Translation

Viṣṇu said: ‘O lord of the Dānavas, what is this between you and us? Listen now to the truth.’

Word by Word

• विष्णुः: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; धातुः वच् (to speak)

• दैत्येन्द्र: O lord of the Daityas
• दैत्येन्द्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक) + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (दैत्यानाम् इन्द्रः)

• तव: your
• तव: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्ययम्

• अस्माभिः: by us / with us
• अस्माभिः: Saha (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (करण/सह), बहुवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; प्रश्नवाचक-सर्वनाम

• अहो: indeed/oh
• अहो: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अहो (अव्यय)
• Form: विस्मय/सम्बोधनार्थक-अव्ययम् (interjection: indeed/alas/oh)

• शृणु: hear
• शृणु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), परस्मैपदम्, मध्यमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; धातुः श्रु (to hear)

• सत्यताम्: truthfulness / the truth
• सत्यताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्यता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्

Speaker

Viṣṇu

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Tāraka

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viṣṇu addresses the daitya-lord with composed authority, inviting him to hear the truth and questioning the basis of enmity.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Daityendra (Tāraka)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even amid conflict, the divine voice calls the opponent to hear truth and reconsider unrighteous hostility.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.