Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

अमराश्च ततो जाता जघ्नुः संख्ये महासुरान्

Transliteration

amarāśca tato jātā jaghnuḥ saṃkhye mahāsurān

Translation

પછી તેઓ અમર બન્યા અને યુદ્ધમાં મહાસુરોનો સંહાર કર્યો.

Word by Word

• अमराः: the immortals/gods
• अमराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अपादान/क्रमवाचक (from then/thereafter)

• जाताः: having become/born
• जाताः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘born/become’

• जघ्नुः: slew
• जघ्नुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• संख्ये: in battle
• संख्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संख्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; ‘संख्ये’ = in battle (locative)

• महासुरान्: great demons
• महासुरान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महā + असुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (महान्तः असुराः)

Speaker

Purāṇic narrator (contextual; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa-type narration within Māhātmya frame)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: mahīpati (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A celestial battlefield: devas now radiant and fearless strike down towering asuras; banners, weapons, and chariots fill the scene, with a sense of inevitable victory.

Characters & Entities

• Amarāḥ (Devas)
• Mahāsuras

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When righteousness is strengthened, adharma is subdued; victory is portrayed as the restoration of cosmic harmony.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is referenced in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.