Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

अंतःपुराद्विनिष्क्रम्य युयुधेऽवरजेन सः । वालिमुष्टिप्रहारेण ताडितो भृशविह्वलः

Transliteration

aṃtaḥpurādviniṣkramya yuyudhe'varajena saḥ | vālimuṣṭiprahāreṇa tāḍito bhṛśavihvalaḥ

Translation

Sortant des appartements intérieurs, il combattit son frère cadet. Frappé par le coup de poing de Vāli, il fut violemment ébranlé et accablé.

Word by Word

• अन्तःपुरात्: from the inner palace
• अन्तःपुरात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तःपुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• विनिष्क्रम्य: having come out
• विनिष्क्रम्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-निस्-क्रम् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund), पूर्वकाल (having come out)

• युयुधे: fought
• युयुधे: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: युध् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• अवरजेन: with the younger brother
• अवरजेन: Sahakari (Associate/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवरज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• वालि-मुष्टि-प्रहारेण: by the blow of Vali's fist
• वालि-मुष्टि-प्रहारेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वालि + मुष्टि + प्रहार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (वालिनः मुष्टेः प्रहारः)

• ताडितः: struck
• ताडितः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ताड् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘struck’

• भृशविह्वलः: greatly distressed
• भृशविह्वलः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भृश + विह्वल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (भृशं विह्वलः)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kiṣkindhā-kṣetra (Vāli–Sugrīva yuddha-smṛti)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vāli emerges from the inner palace and engages Sugrīva; a powerful fist-strike lands, leaving Sugrīva reeling—dramatic motion, dust, and onlookers.

Characters & Entities

• Vāli
• Sugrīva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Physical strength without righteousness becomes oppression; dharma ultimately seeks restoration of just order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None explicitly; the scene is set in Kiṣkindhā, a famed locale in the Rāma narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.