Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 146

Devanagari script

कदाचिदपि नो युद्धं विश्रांतिमुपगच्छति । एककार्योद्यता यस्माद्बहवो दैत्यदानवाः

Transliteration

kadācidapi no yuddhaṃ viśrāṃtimupagacchati | ekakāryodyatā yasmādbahavo daityadānavāḥ

Translation

Notre guerre ne connaît jamais de répit, car de nombreux Daitya et Dānava sont sans cesse mobilisés vers un unique dessein.

Word by Word

• kadācit: ever, at any time
• kadācit: Adhikarana/Avyaya (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kadācit (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• api: even, also
• api: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावन/अपि-कारक-अव्यय (particle: even/also)

• naḥ: our
• naḥ: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध) बहुवचन (enclitic form)

• yuddham: the battle
• yuddham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• viśrāntim: rest, respite
• viśrāntim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśrānti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• upagacchati: attains, comes to
• upagacchati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa + √gam (गम्)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• eka-kārya-udyatāḥ: intent on a single task
• eka-kārya-udyatāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक) + kārya (प्रातिपदिक) + udyata (कृदन्त, √yam/उद्+√यम् ‘उद्यत’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः—‘एकं कार्यं यस्य/येषां ते’ इति (कर्मधारय-सन्निकर्षेण)

• yasmāt: because (from which reason)
• yasmāt: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/हेतु/अपादान), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक ‘because/from which’

• bahavaḥ: many
• bahavaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bahu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन

• daitya-dānavāḥ: Daityas and Dānavas
• daitya-dānavāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya (प्रातिपदिक) + dānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः

Speaker

Narrator within the Vastrāpathakṣetramāhātmya context (implied Purāṇic narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A panoramic sense of perpetual mobilization: ranks of Daityas and Dānavas always armed, camps never quiet, banners always raised—war as an unbroken machine driven by a single objective.

Characters & Entities

• Daitya
• Dānava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When many unite under a single purpose, their force becomes relentless—hence dharma requires organized, vigilant protection.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader glorification concerns Vastrāpatha-kṣetra in Prabhāsa; this line is narrative context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.