Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 88
Devanagari script
सिंहनादैस्तलोन्नाहैर्धनुर्नादैश्च बाणजैः । जंभं ते हर्षयामासुर्वासांस्यादुधुवुश्च ते
Transliteration
siṃhanādaistalonnāhairdhanurnādaiśca bāṇajaiḥ | jaṃbhaṃ te harṣayāmāsurvāsāṃsyādudhuvuśca te
Translation
सिंहनाद, ऊँचे घोष, धनुष की टंकार और बाणों की सनसनाहट से उन्होंने जंभ को हर्षित किया; और आनंद में अपने वस्त्र झटक-झटक कर लहराने लगे।
Word by Word
siṃha-nādaiḥwith lion-roars
siṃha-nādaiḥ:
Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootsiṃha (प्रातिपदिक) + nāda (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (siṃhasya nādaiḥ) (Masculine, Instr, Plural)
tala-unnāhaiḥwith palm-claps / slaps (loud sounds)
tala-unnāhaiḥ:
Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Roottala (प्रातिपदिक) + unnāha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (talasya unnāhaiḥ) (Masculine, Instr, Plural)
dhanuḥ-nādaiḥwith bow-twangs
dhanuḥ-nādaiḥ:
Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootdhanuḥ (प्रातिपदिक) + nāda (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (dhanur-nādaiḥ) (Masculine, Instr, Plural)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (निपात)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
bāṇa-jaiḥwith arrow-produced (sounds) / from arrows
bāṇa-jaiḥ:
Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootbāṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + ja (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (bāṇebhyaḥ jāta-/bāṇaja-) (Masculine, Instr, Plural)
jaṃbhamJambha
jaṃbham:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootjaṃbha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (Masculine, Acc, Singular)
tethey
te:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypePronoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nom, Plural)
harṣayāmāsuḥmade (him) rejoice, gladdened
harṣayāmāsuḥ:
Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootharṣ (धातु, causative)
Formलिट् (परस्मैपद), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative) (Perfect, 3rd person, Plural)
vāsāṃsigarments
vāsāṃsi:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootvastra/vāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन (Neuter, Acc, Plural)
ādudhuvuḥshook, waved
ādudhuvuḥ:
Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootdhū (धातु)
Formलिट् (परस्मैपद), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन (Perfect, 3rd person, Plural)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (निपात)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
tethey
te:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypePronoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nom, Plural)
Speaker
Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa per Māheśvarakhaṇḍa convention)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Daityas surround Jambha, roaring like lions; archers draw and release, bows resound, arrows hiss; warriors shake their garments in exuberant victory-dance.
Characters & Entities
J
JambhaD
DaityasFAQs
Collective celebration of adharma amplifies delusion; the Purāṇic lens contrasts noisy triumph with lasting righteousness.
None mentioned.
None.