Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

अथैवमुक्तौ तौ देवौ रणे पावकमारुतौ । दैत्यान् ददहतुः सर्वान्मयतारपुरोगमान्

Transliteration

athaivamuktau tau devau raṇe pāvakamārutau | daityān dadahatuḥ sarvānmayatārapurogamān

Translation

Ainsi instruits, ces deux dieux — le Feu et le Vent —, sur le champ de bataille, consumèrent tous les Daityas, conduits par Mayatāra.

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse/Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आरम्भ/अनन्तरवाचक (then/now)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक

• उक्तौ: having been instructed
• उक्तौ: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन; ‘having been told’

• तौ: those two
• तौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन

• देवौ: the two gods
• देवौ: Karta (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikaraṇa (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• पावकमारुतौ: Fire and Wind
• पावकमारुतौ: Karta (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पावक (प्रातिपदिक) + मारुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन

• दैत्यान्: demons (Daityas)
• दैत्यान्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• ददहतुः: burned
• ददहतुः: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दह् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (imperfect/past); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, द्विवचन

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषणं (दैत्यान्)

• मयतारपुरोगमान्: whose leaders were Maya and Tāra
• मयतारपुरोगमान्: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मय (प्रातिपदिक) + तार (प्रातिपदिक) + पुरोगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि (मयतारौ पुरोगमौ येषाम् ते); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषणं (दैत्यान्)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator, likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Āvantya-khaṇḍa style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) region (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Agni and Vāyu, now unleashed, sweep across the battlefield: flames surge while cyclonic winds drive them; daityas fall, with Mayatāra prominent among the leaders.

Characters & Entities

• Agni (Pāvaka)
• Vāyu (Māruta)
• Daityas
• Mayatāra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When divine forces act in harmony, adharma is swiftly consumed and order is restored.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā (Narmadā) sphere is the sacred backdrop; the verse supports the Revā-khaṇḍa’s praise of that region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct vrata, dāna, or snāna is stated here; it continues the battle narrative framing the tīrtha’s sanctity.