Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

जगुर्हर्षसमाविष्टा ननृतुश्चासुरांगनाः । ततो महोत्सवे जाते दानवानां पृथासुत

Transliteration

jagurharṣasamāviṣṭā nanṛtuścāsurāṃganāḥ | tato mahotsave jāte dānavānāṃ pṛthāsuta

Translation

Saisis de joie, ils chantèrent, et les jeunes filles asuras dansèrent. Puis, lorsqu’une grande fête s’éleva parmi les Dānavas—ô fils de Pṛthā—(le récit se poursuit).

Word by Word

• जगुः: sang
• जगुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गै (गायति) (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• हर्ष-समाविष्टाः: filled with joy
• हर्ष-समाविष्टाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हर्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + समाविष्ट (प्रातिपदिक) < सम् + आ + √विश् (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; समासः तृतीया-तत्पुरुषः (हर्षेण समाविष्टाः) = possessed/filled with joy; विशेषणम् of (असुराः/जनाः) implied

• ननृतुः: danced
• ननृतुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √नृत् (नृत्यति) (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/ conjunction)

• असुर-अङ्गनाः: asura women
• असुर-अङ्गनाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असुर (प्रातिपदिक) + अङ्गना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (असुराणाम् अङ्गनाः) = asura-women

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = thereafter

• महोत्सवे: at the great festival
• महोत्सवे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महोत्सव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• जाते: when it occurred
• जाते: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √जन् (जायते) (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; ‘जाते’ = when arisen/occurred (agreeing with महोत्सवे)

• दानवानाम्: of the Dānavas
• दानवानाम्: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन

• पृथासुत: O son of Pṛthā
• पृथासुत: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथा (प्रातिपदिक) + सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पृथायाः सुतः) = son of Pṛthā (Arjuna); संबोधन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pṛthāsuta (Arjuna) / epic-audience within the narration

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Asura maidens sing and dance in exuberance; a grand dānava festival swells, while the narrator addresses ‘O son of Pṛthā,’ carrying the epic tone forward.

Characters & Entities

• Dānavas
• Asura maidens
• Pṛthāsuta (Arjuna)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Collective exhilaration can sanctify even adharma in the eyes of a group; Purāṇas warn that joy without righteousness becomes the seed of downfall.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No sacred geography is referenced in this verse; it depicts a Dānava celebration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse portrays singing and dancing as part of a festival.