Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

तस्मिंस्तपसि संस्थे तु हता इंद्रेण दानवाः । वंशोच्छेदे समापन्ने दानवानां महात्मनाम्

Transliteration

tasmiṃstapasi saṃsthe tu hatā iṃdreṇa dānavāḥ | vaṃśocchede samāpanne dānavānāṃ mahātmanām

Translation

Tandis qu’il demeurait établi dans cette austérité, les Dānavas furent tués par Indra, et la lignée des Dānavas au grand cœur parvint au bord de l’extinction.

Word by Word

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• तपसि: in austerity/penance
• तपसि: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• संस्थे: when (it was) undertaken/established
• संस्थे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-स्था (धातु) → संस्थ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग; ‘स्थिते’ (being established/engaged)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विरोध/अन्वयार्थक

• हताः: killed/slain
• हताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हन् (धातु) → हत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; पुंलिङ्ग; भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle)

• इन्द्रेण: by Indra
• इन्द्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• दानवाः: the Danavas (demons)
• दानवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• वंशोच्छेदे: in the destruction of the lineage
• वंशोच्छेदे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वंश + उच्छेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (वंशस्य उच्छेदः)

• समापन्ने: when (it was) reached/occurred
• समापन्ने: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आपद् (धातु) → समापन्न (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; पुंलिङ्ग; भूतकृदन्त (past active participle/कृत), ‘प्राप्ते’ (having occurred)

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

• महात्मनाम्: of the great-souled
• महात्मनाम्: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying दानवानाम्)

Speaker

Sūta (continuing narration context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Split scene: in the foreground Vṛtra as an ascetic absorbed in tapas; in the distance Indra and devas slay dānavas, with banners, thunderbolts, and fallen warriors—suggesting impending extinction of a lineage.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Dānavas
• Vṛtra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Power and victory in Purāṇic narrative are shown as shifting with cosmic order; even mighty clans can face decline when opposed by divinely sanctioned force.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is narrative (itihāsa-style) within Tīrthamāhātmya; no specific tīrtha is named in the line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tapas (austerity) is referenced as an ongoing spiritual practice, though no specific rite is detailed here.