Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

येन ते जायते शक्तिस्तपोवीर्येण वासव । वधाय तस्य दैत्यस्य बलयुक्तस्य बाष्कलेः

Transliteration

yena te jāyate śaktistapovīryeṇa vāsava | vadhāya tasya daityasya balayuktasya bāṣkaleḥ

Translation

“By the power born of austerity, O Vāsava, strength will arise in you—for the slaying of that mighty Daitya Bāṣkali.”

Word by Word

• yena: by which
• yena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga/napuṃsaka, Tṛtīyā vibhakti, Ekavacana; relative pronoun

• te: to you/for you
• te: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Caturthī vibhakti (Dative/4th), Ekavacana; enclitic form

• jāyate: arises/is born
• jāyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (Present), Prathama-puruṣa, Ekavacana, Ātmanepada

• śaktiḥ: power
• śaktiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Prathamā vibhakti, Ekavacana

• tapo-vīryeṇa: by the vigor born of austerity
• tapo-vīryeṇa: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक) + vīrya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakaliṅga, Tṛtīyā vibhakti, Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa: ‘tapasā utpannaṃ vīryam’ / ‘tapas-vīrya’ (power from austerity)

• vāsava: O Vāsava (Indra)
• vāsava: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāsava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Sambodhana vibhakti, Ekavacana

• vadhāya: for the slaying
• vadhāya: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vadha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Caturthī vibhakti, Ekavacana; prayojana-artha (purpose dative)

• tasya: of that
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti (Genitive/6th), Ekavacana; sarvanāma

• daityasya: of the demon
• daityasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti, Ekavacana

• bala-yuktasya: of the strength-endowed
• bala-yuktasya: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bala (प्रातिपदिक) + yukta (कृदन्त; √yuj)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti, Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa: ‘balena yuktaḥ’ (endowed with strength)

• bāṣkaleḥ: of Bāṣkali
• bāṣkaleḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bāṣkali (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti, Ekavacana

Speaker

Śrī Bhagavān (Viṣṇu)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Vāsava (Indra)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viṣṇu explains that Indra’s strength will arise from tapas-vīrya, enabling the slaying of the mighty daitya Bāṣkali.

Characters & Entities

• Vāsava (Indra)
• Tapas
• Bāṣkali
• Daitya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Austerity (tapas) is portrayed as a legitimate dharmic source of inner power to overcome adharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the Śvetadvīpa counsel scene; no separate tīrtha is specified.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tapas is the prescribed discipline, explicitly linked to gaining strength (śakti) for righteous action.