Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

सहायेन त्वया युद्धे राक्षसा न्रावणादिकान् । निहत्यातिबलान्वीरानवापं मैथिलीमहम्

Transliteration

sahāyena tvayā yuddhe rākṣasā nrāvaṇādikān | nihatyātibalānvīrānavāpaṃ maithilīmaham

Translation

Avec toi pour allié dans la bataille, j’ai abattu les Rākṣasas, à commencer par Rāvaṇa—ces héros d’une puissance immense—et ainsi j’ai retrouvé Maithilī (Sītā).

Word by Word

• सहायेन: with the help
• सहायेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहाय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• त्वया: by you / with you
• त्वया: Sahakāraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• युद्धे: in battle
• युद्धे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• राक्षसान्: demons
• राक्षसान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• रावणादिकान्: Ravana and others
• रावणादिकान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रावण + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• निहत्य: having slain
• निहत्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-हन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्यय (indeclinable)

• अतिबलान्: very strong
• अतिबलान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अति-बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण (qualifier)

• वीरान्: heroes/warriors
• वीरान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• अवापम्: I obtained
• अवापम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-आप् (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist/Imperfective past), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपदम्

• मैथिलीम्: Maithili (Sita)
• मैथिलीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मैथिली (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Rāma

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu–Laṅkā-smṛti tīrtha axis (general)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śrotṛs in the Purāṇa dialogue

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma declares that with Hanumān’s help he slew mighty rākṣasas beginning with Rāvaṇa and regained Sītā. The scene can show victorious camp with Sītā’s reunion, while the battlefield recedes.

Characters & Entities

• Hanūmān
• Rāvaṇa
• Rākṣasas
• Maithilī (Sītā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma triumphs through righteous alliance—devotion empowers the victory of truth over tyranny.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is martial-narrative; the Setukhaṇḍa as a whole glorifies the Rāma-Setu pilgrimage region associated with the campaign to Laṅkā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.