Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

एतस्मिन्नंतरे भग्नान्समुद्वीक्ष्य दनोः सुतान् । जघ्नुः शरशतैः शस्त्रैः सर्वे देवाः सवासवाः

Transliteration

etasminnaṃtare bhagnānsamudvīkṣya danoḥ sutān | jaghnuḥ śaraśataiḥ śastraiḥ sarve devāḥ savāsavāḥ

Translation

Meanwhile, seeing the sons of Danu broken and routed, all the gods—together with Vāsava (Indra)—slew them with hundreds of arrows and weapons.

Word by Word

• एतस्मिन्: in this
• एतस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अन्तरे: in the interval, meanwhile
• अन्तरे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: antara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन (अन्तरे); ‘in the interval/meanwhile’

• भग्नान्: broken, routed
• भग्नान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhagna (√bhaj/√bhañj; क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• समुद्वीक्ष्य: having observed
• समुद्वीक्ष्य: Sambandha (Gerundial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sam + ud + īkṣ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययीभाव-रूप), अव्यय; “having looked at/observed”

• दनोः: of Danu
• दनोः: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: danu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• सुतान्: sons
• सुतान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: suta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• जघ्नुः: slew, struck down
• जघ्नुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: han (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/परफेक्ट), परस्मैपद; प्रथमा (3rd) पुरुष, बहुवचन

• शरशतैः: with hundreds of arrows
• शरशतैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śara + śata (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; द्विगु: “शतानि शराणाम्” (hundreds of arrows)

• शस्त्रैः: with weapons
• शस्त्रैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śastra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• देवाः: gods
• देवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• सवासवाः: together with Vāsava (Indra)
• सवासवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa + vāsava (प्रातिपदिक; उपपद-समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष: “वासवेन सह” (together with Indra)

Speaker

Narrator (implied Purāṇic narrator within the Tīrthamāhātmya frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: All the gods surge forward behind Indra; the sky is thick with arrows like a monsoon of steel; the sons of Danu scatter, some falling from chariots, the battlefield lit by divine radiance.

Characters & Entities

• Danu
• Daityas (sons of Danu)
• Devas
• Vāsava (Indra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

After divine intervention restores balance, righteous forces must act together—unity in dharma completes the defeat of adharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it functions as part of the wider Tīrthamāhātmya storyline.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.