Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 68
Devanagari script
तथा शांतनवो भीष्मस्त्यक्तचापो निरायुधः । शिखंडिनं पुरोधाय निहतः सव्यसाचिना
Transliteration
tathā śāṃtanavo bhīṣmastyaktacāpo nirāyudhaḥ | śikhaṃḍinaṃ purodhāya nihataḥ savyasācinā
Translation
De même Bhīṣma, fils de Śāṃtanu—son arc rejeté, sans armes—fut tué par Savyasācin (Arjuna), après avoir placé Śikhaṇḍin devant lui.
Word by Word
तथाthus, in that way
तथा:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable adverb: “thus/in that manner”)
शांतनवःŚāntanu’s son (Bhīṣma)
शांतनवः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootśāṃtanava (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative, 1st); एकवचन (Singular)
भीष्मःBhīṣma
भीष्मः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbhīṣma (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन
त्यक्तचापःhaving cast away his bow
त्यक्तचापः:
Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival to Bhīṣma)
TypeAdjective
Roottyakta (कृदन्त; त्यज् धातु) + cāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (कर्मधारयवत् प्रयोगः): “त्यक्तः चापः येन” (having abandoned the bow)
निरायुधःunarmed
निरायुधः:
Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival to Bhīṣma)
TypeAdjective
Rootnir-āyudha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन; नञ्/उपसर्गयुक्त विशेषण (without weapons)
शिखंडिनम्Śikhaṇḍin
शिखंडिनम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootśikhaṃḍin (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative, 2nd); एकवचन
पुरोधायplacing (him) in front
पुरोधाय:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Gerundial modifier)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpuras + dhā (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त/ल्यप्-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund); “पुरः कृत्वा/पुरतः स्थापयित्वा” (having placed in front)
निहतःwas slain
निहतः:
Kriyā (Predicate; passive)
TypeVerb
Rootni + han (धातु)
Formकृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृत् (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन
सव्यसाचिनाby Arjuna (the ambidextrous archer)
सव्यसाचिना:
Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootsavya-sācin (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental, 3rd); एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि-समास: “सव्येन साचि (धनुः/हस्तः) यस्य” (Arjuna)
Speaker
Aśvatthāman (Drauṇi)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Bhīṣma, unarmed and with bow cast aside, stands before Arjuna; Śikhaṇḍin placed in front as a moral-legal shield; arrows fly as the grandsire falls.
Characters & Entities
B
BhīṣmaŚ
ŚāṃtanuŚ
ŚikhaṇḍinA
Arjuna (Savyasācin)A
AśvatthāmanFAQs
When dharma is interpreted through expediency, even revered heroes become instruments in morally complex outcomes.
None directly in this line.
None.