Shloka 22

चित्रसेनगन्धर्वैः कौरवसंनिपातः

Citrasena and the Kaurava engagement

Devanagari script

स्कन्द उवाच दानवानां विनाशाय देवानामर्थसिद्धये

Transliteration

skanda uvāca dānavānāṁ vināśāya devānām arthasiddhaye

Translation

Skanda berkata: “Demi membinasakan para Dānava, dan demi menuntaskan maksud para dewa.”

Word by Word

• स्कन्दः: Skanda
• स्कन्दः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्कन्द
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), Third, Singular

• दानवानाम्: of the Danavas (demons)
• दानवानाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• विनाशाय: for destruction
• विनाशाय: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: विनाश
• Form: Masculine, Dative, Singular

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Plural

• अर्थसिद्धये: for the accomplishment of the purpose (success of the aim)
• अर्थसिद्धये: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थसिद्धि
• Form: Feminine, Dative, Singular

Speaker

स्कन्द उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• Dānavas
• Devas

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames violence within a stated cosmic-ethical purpose: the removal of destructive forces (Dānavas) and the restoration/fulfillment of divine order and rightful aims (the Devas’ artha). It emphasizes intention and dharmic teleology—action is justified here as serving a larger moral-cosmic balance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Skanda declares the objective of an impending or ongoing divine conflict: the Dānavas are to be destroyed, and the gods’ mission is to be successfully accomplished. The line functions as a concise statement of purpose for the episode’s divine intervention.