Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

दशायुतानि चाश्वानामुष्ट्राणां च तथैव च । बकश्च निर्ययौ दैत्यो बहुसैन्यसमन्वितः

Transliteration

daśāyutāni cāśvānāmuṣṭrāṇāṃ ca tathaiva ca | bakaśca niryayau daityo bahusainyasamanvitaḥ

Translation

Il y avait cent mille chevaux, et de même des chameaux. Et le Daitya Baka s’avança aussi, escorté d’une vaste armée.

Word by Word

• दशायुतानि: ten ten-thousands (i.e., one hundred-thousand)
• दशायुतानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दश-अयुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (neuter nom/acc plural; numeral expression)

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

• अश्वानाम्: of horses
• अश्वानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (genitive plural)

• उष्ट्राणाम्: of camels
• उष्ट्राणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उष्ट्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (genitive plural)

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

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

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

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

• बकः: Baka (name)
• बकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (nominative singular)

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

• निर्ययौ: went out, emerged
• निर्ययौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि√या (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (3rd person singular)

• दैत्यः: the demon
• दैत्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (nominative singular; apposition to बकः)

• बहुसैन्यसमन्वितः: accompanied by many troops
• बहुसैन्यसमन्वितः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु-सैन्य-समन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतपूर्वकृदन्ताधारित-विशेषण (nominative singular; ‘endowed with’)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A massive cavalry of a hundred thousand horses, with lines of camels, advances; the daitya Baka emerges as a prominent commander amid a dense host, banners darkening the horizon.

Characters & Entities

• Baka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly might gathers quickly around ambition, yet dharma judges actions, not armies.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā remains the sacred narrative setting; this verse supports the larger Māhātmya storyline.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it describes the Daitya leader and his forces marching out.