Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

चिक्षेप शरजालानि केशवं प्रति दानवः । नानुचिन्त्य शरांस्तस्य केशवः केशिसूदनः

Transliteration

cikṣepa śarajālāni keśavaṃ prati dānavaḥ | nānucintya śarāṃstasya keśavaḥ keśisūdanaḥ

Translation

Le Dānava lança des volées de flèches contre Keśava. Mais Keśava, le vainqueur de Keśin, ne se soucia nullement de ces traits.

Word by Word

• cikṣepa: threw
• cikṣepa: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṣip (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• śarajālāni: volleys (nets) of arrows
• śarajālāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śara + jāla (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (śarāṇāṃ jālāni = nets/volleys of arrows)

• keśavam: Keśava
• keśavam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: keśava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• prati: towards/against
• prati: Sambandha (Direction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prati (अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्गसदृश-अव्यय/पूर्वसर्ग (preposition-like indeclinable)

• dānavaḥ: the Dānava (demon)
• dānavaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• anucintya: without considering / not having thought
• anucintya: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: anu-√cint (धातु) + lyap (कृत्)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय-कृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), ‘having considered/reflecting’

• śarān: arrows
• śarān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• tasya: of him/of that (demon)
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• keśavaḥ: Keśava
• keśavaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: keśava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• keśisūdanaḥ: slayer of Keśin
• keśisūdanaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: keśin + sūdana (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (keśinaḥ sūdanaḥ = slayer of Keśin)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic storyteller within Revā Khaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Yodhanīpura

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rukma showers Keśava with nets of arrows; Keśava, the slayer of Keśin, remains untroubled and unmindful of the shafts.

Characters & Entities

• Keśava (Kṛṣṇa/Viṣṇu)
• Rukma (as opponent, implied)
• Keśin (as epithet context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The divine hero remains unshaken amid attack—steadiness (dhairya) is portrayed as a mark of dharma and inner sovereignty.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it is part of the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a battlefield description.