Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

तैर्बाणैर्निहताः सर्वे जग्मुस्ते च दिशो दश

Transliteration

tairbāṇairnihatāḥ sarve jagmuste ca diśo daśa

Translation

Frappés par ces flèches, ils s'enfuirent tous, se dispersant dans les dix directions.

Word by Word

• तैः: by those
• तैः: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental); बहुवचन

• बाणैः: with arrows
• बाणैः: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति; बहुवचन

• निहताः: slain/struck down
• निहताः: Kriyā (Predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + हन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन; विशेषण

• जग्मुः: went
• जग्मुः: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

• दिशः: directions
• दिशः: Karma (Goal as object of motion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative); बहुवचन

• दश: ten
• दश: Saṅkhyā-viśeṣaṇa (Numeral qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दशन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्या; द्वितीया; बहुवचनार्थे (numeral used adjectivally)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (contextual deduction)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra kṣetra (narrative frame)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (Contextual) audience/interlocutor

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devas and lokapālas, wounded and terrified, scatter outward in all directions; the composition radiates like a mandala from the central battlefield.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Arrogance and adharmic ritualism collapse when confronted by divinely empowered justice; pride disperses like enemies fleeing in all directions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader setting is Kedārakhaṇḍa (Kedāra sacred region), though this verse itself is part of the Dakṣa-yajña narrative rather than a direct tīrtha-phalāśruti.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it is a battlefield-narration line.