Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

द्वंद्वयुद्धं सुतुमुलं देवानां दानवैः सह । संप्रवृत्तं पुनश्चैव परस्परजिगीषया

Transliteration

dvaṃdvayuddhaṃ sutumulaṃ devānāṃ dānavaiḥ saha | saṃpravṛttaṃ punaścaiva parasparajigīṣayā

Translation

De nouveau s’engagea un combat en duel, farouche et tumultueux, entre les Devas et les Dānavas, chacun voulant triompher de l’autre.

Word by Word

• द्वन्द्वयुद्धम्: duel; mutual battle
• द्वन्द्वयुद्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वन्द्व + युद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular)

• सुतुमुलम्: very tumultuous
• सुतुमुलम्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + तुमुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular; adjective)

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Genitive, Plural)

• दानवैः: with the demons (Dānavas)
• दानवैः: Sahakari (Co-agent/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Instrumental, Plural)

• सह: together with
• सह: Sambandha (Association marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक-उपपद (indeclinable; postposition meaning 'with')

• संप्रवृत्तम्: arose; commenced
• संप्रवृत्तम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + प्र + √वृत् (वृत्त) (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृत् (क्त-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोग (Past passive participle; Neuter Nom./Acc. Sg.)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Avadharana (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (particle of emphasis)

• परस्परजिगीषया: with mutual desire to conquer
• परस्परजिगीषया: Hetu (Cause/Motive/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परस्पर + जिगीषा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; हेतौ/निमित्ते (Feminine, Instrumental, Singular; expressing motive)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedārakṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast, dust-filled battlefield where Devas and Dānavas surge in paired duels, weapons flashing; banners and conches; the sense of a renewed cycle of conflict.

Characters & Entities

• Deva
• Dānava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Conflict rooted in conquest repeats; the Purāṇa contrasts such rivalry with the higher aim of dharma and liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra is the overarching context; no particular tīrtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.