Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 56
Devanagari script
द्विगुणं द्विगुणीकृत्य प्रेषयामास दानवः । तानप्यष्टगुणैः कृष्णश्छादयामास सायकैः
Transliteration
dviguṇaṃ dviguṇīkṛtya preṣayāmāsa dānavaḥ | tānapyaṣṭaguṇaiḥ kṛṣṇaśchādayāmāsa sāyakaiḥ
Translation
Doublant et redoublant, le dānava envoya ses traits ; mais Kṛṣṇa les recouvrit encore de flèches huit fois plus nombreuses.
Word by Word
द्विगुणम्twofold; doubled
द्विगुणम्:
Sambandha (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootद्वि-गुण (प्रातिपदिके)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया-एकवचनम् (Neuter, Accusative, Singular) — क्रियाविशेषणवत् (as adverbial accusative: ‘twofold’)
द्विगुणीकृत्यhaving doubled
द्विगुणीकृत्य:
Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootद्विगुणी-कृ (धातु; कृ + क्त्वा)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्तः (Gerund/Absolutive) — पूर्वकालक्रिया (having doubled)
प्रेषयामासsent; dispatched
प्रेषयामास:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-इष्/प्रेष् (धातु; causative प्रेषयति)
Formलिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपदम्; प्रथमपुरुषः एकवचनम् (3rd person singular) — causative sense
दानवःthe demon
दानवः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदानव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-एकवचनम् (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)
तान्them
तान्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया-बहुवचनम् (Masculine, Accusative, Plural)
अपिalso; even
अपि:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय/अपेक्षार्थक-अव्ययम् (particle: also/even)
अष्टगुणैःby eightfold (multiples)
अष्टगुणैः:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootअष्ट-गुण (प्रातिपदिके)
Formपुंलिङ्गे तृतीया-बहुवचनम् (Masculine, Instrumental, Plural) — करण (by means of)
कृष्णःKṛṣṇa
कृष्णः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-एकवचनम् (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)
छादयामासcovered; concealed
छादयामास:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootछद् (धातु; causative छादयति)
Formलिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपदम्; प्रथमपुरुषः एकवचनम् (3rd person singular) — causative sense
सायकैःwith arrows
सायकैः:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootसायक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे तृतीया-बहुवचनम् (Masculine, Instrumental, Plural) — करण
Speaker
Narrator
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)
Type: kshetra
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Śrotṛ community (implied)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: The dānava’s arrows multiply in successive waves; Kṛṣṇa answers with an overwhelming eightfold canopy of arrows, darkening the sky like a woven net, yet with Kṛṣṇa’s face tranquil.
Characters & Entities
K
KṛṣṇaT
Tālamēgha (implied)FAQs
Escalation of violence by adharma is ultimately outmatched; divine order prevails without strain.
No specific tīrtha is named; the scene belongs to the Revā Khaṇḍa’s sacred Narmadā milieu.
None.