Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

प्राप्नोम्यहं च संग्रामे विजयं त्वत्प्रसादतः । निहत्य दानवान्सर्वांस्तारकेण समन्वितान्

Transliteration

prāpnomyahaṃ ca saṃgrāme vijayaṃ tvatprasādataḥ | nihatya dānavānsarvāṃstārakeṇa samanvitān

Translation

By your grace I shall attain victory in battle, after slaying all the Dānavas allied with Tāraka.

Word by Word

• प्राप्नोमि: I obtain
• प्राप्नोमि: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-निपातः (conjunction)

• संग्रामे: in battle
• संग्रामे: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संग्राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• विजयम्: victory
• विजयम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विजय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• त्वत्प्रसादतः: through your grace
• त्वत्प्रसादतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी-अर्थे अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोगः; ‘त्वत्-प्रसादात्’ = ablative sense ‘from/through your grace’

• निहत्य: having slain
• निहत्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Converb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + हन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्यय; ‘having slain’

• दानवान्: the Dānavas (demons)
• दानवान्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (दानवान्)

• तारकेण: with Tāraka
• तारकेण: Sahakāraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया (3rd/सह), एकवचन

• समन्वितान्: accompanied (by)
• समन्वितान्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + अनु + इ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (दानवान्) = ‘endowed/associated’

Speaker

Indra (Śakra)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śiva

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra proclaims he will win by Śiva’s grace, slaying the Dānavas allied with Tāraka; the scene can juxtapose Śiva’s calm blessing with a foreshadowed battlefield where demonic hosts gather around Tāraka.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Indra
• Tāraka
• Dānavas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Prasāda (divine grace) is presented as the decisive power behind righteous triumph over adharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific sacred site is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is a vow-like statement of intended victory by grace.