Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

बभञ्ज दानवान्सर्वांस्तस्थौ गिरिरिवाचलः । तं दृष्ट्वा च बलं क्रुद्धं दुर्धर्षं त्रिदशैरपि

Transliteration

babhañja dānavānsarvāṃstasthau giririvācalaḥ | taṃ dṛṣṭvā ca balaṃ kruddhaṃ durdharṣaṃ tridaśairapi

Translation

Ia menghancurkan semua Dānava dan berdiri teguh laksana gunung yang tak tergoyahkan. Melihat Bala yang murka, sukar ditaklukkan bahkan oleh para dewa—

Word by Word

• बभञ्ज: broke, shattered
• बभञ्ज: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भञ्ज् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• दानवान्: demons (Dānavas)
• दानवान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (plural)

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (plural)

• तस्थौ: stood
• तस्थौ: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• गिरिः: a mountain
• गिरिः: Upamāna (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• इव: like, as
• इव: Sambandha (Comparative marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमा-अव्यय (particle of comparison)

• अचलः: immovable, firm
• अचलः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अचल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), ‘having seen’

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• बलम्: army, force
• बलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• क्रुद्धम्: angry
• क्रुद्धम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुध् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle used adjectivally), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• दुर्धर्षम्: hard to assail, formidable
• दुर्धर्षम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर् (उपसर्ग) + धृष् (धातु) → दुर्धर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• त्रिदशैः: by the gods (thirty deities)
• त्रिदशैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिदश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (plural)

• अपि: even, also
• अपि: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle: even/also)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A divine hero stands immovable like a mountain after shattering ranks of Dānavas; broken weapons and fleeing demons frame the still, centered figure.

Characters & Entities

• Baladeva
• Dānava
• Tridaśa (gods)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steadfastness in dharma is imaged as mountain-like immovability; divine protection is portrayed as beyond ordinary opposition.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

Not named in this half-verse; the chapter’s arc leads toward Narmadā-tīrtha significance.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.