Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

ततस्तत्र रिपून्संख्ये भीष्मद्रोणपुरःसरान् । कर्णदुर्योधनादींश्च निहनिष्यति स प्रभुः

Transliteration

tatastatra ripūnsaṃkhye bhīṣmadroṇapuraḥsarān | karṇaduryodhanādīṃśca nihaniṣyati sa prabhuḥ

Translation

Alors, là, dans cette bataille, ce Seigneur frappera les ennemis—menés par Bhīṣma et Droṇa—avec Karṇa, Duryodhana et les autres.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (ततः=तस्मात्/अनन्तरम्; अव्यय-प्रयोगः, adverb)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Locative adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक/adverb of place)

• रिपून्: enemies
• रिपून्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रिपु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन

• संख्ये: in battle
• संख्ये: Adhikaraṇa (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संख्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; युद्धार्थे 'संख्ये' = संग्रामे

• भीष्मद्रोणपुरःसरान्: those led by Bhīṣma and Droṇa
• भीष्मद्रोणपुरःसरान्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्म + द्रोण + पुरःसर (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (भीष्म-द्रोणौ पुरःसरौ येषाम् ते), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन; 'रिपून्' इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• कर्णदुर्योधनादीन्: Karna, Duryodhana, and others
• कर्णदुर्योधनादीन्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण + दुर्योधन + आदि (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (समाहार/सूच्य-आदि), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन; 'रिपून्' इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/conjunction)

• निहनिष्यति: will slay
• निहनिष्यति: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-हन् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्काल/future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• स: he
• स: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• प्रभुः: the Lord, master
• प्रभुः: Karta (Subject apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; 'स' इत्यस्य अपपदम्

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kurukṣetra (implicit)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārtha (Arjuna)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast battlefield with standards and chariots; Bhīṣma and Droṇa at the fore, Karṇa and Duryodhana among ranks; the ‘Lord’ as the decisive force behind the turning of fate.

Characters & Entities

• Bhīṣma
• Droṇa
• Karṇa
• Duryodhana
• Prabhu (Kṛṣṇa/Divine Lord)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the mightiest warriors fall when aligned against dharma; the Purāṇas interpret history as moral causality under divine governance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Indirectly, the verse remains within the Yojaneśvara tīrtha-māhātmya discourse, connecting tīrtha sanctity with world-ordering events.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it functions as narrative-prophetic context about the dharma-yuddha.