Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 87
Devanagari script
तदद्भुतं महद्दृष्ट्वा जगर्जुर्दैत्यसत्तमाः । नैतान्हर्षमदोद्धूतानिदं सेहे जगत्तदा
Transliteration
tadadbhutaṃ mahaddṛṣṭvā jagarjurdaityasattamāḥ | naitānharṣamadoddhūtānidaṃ sehe jagattadā
Translation
その大いなる奇瑞を見て、最上のダイティヤたちは轟然と咆哮した。歓喜と驕りに酔い、ほとんど自制できず—その時、世界さえ彼らの昂ぶりに耐えがたかった。
Word by Word
tatthat
tat:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypePronoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular)
adbhutamwonderful, astonishing
adbhutam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootadbhuta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular; adjective)
mahatgreat, huge
mahat:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootmahat (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular; adjective)
dṛṣṭvāhaving seen
dṛṣṭvā:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootdṛś (धातु) + ktvā (क्त्वा)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive): ‘having seen’
jagarjuḥroared
jagarjuḥ:
Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootgarj (धातु)
Formलिट् (परस्मैपद), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन (Perfect, 3rd person, Plural)
daitya-sattamāḥthe best of the demons
daitya-sattamāḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdaitya (प्रातिपदिक) + sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (daityānāṃ sattamāḥ) (Masculine, Nom, Plural)
nanot
na:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (निपात)
Formनिषेध-निपात (negative particle)
etānthese (them)
etān:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypePronoun
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन (Masculine, Acc, Plural)
harṣa-mada-uddhūtānuplifted/inebriated by joy and pride
harṣa-mada-uddhūtān:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootharṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + mada (प्रातिपदिक) + uddhūta (उद्+धू धातु, क्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण; तत्पुरुष-समास (harṣa-madena uddhūtāḥ) (Masculine, Acc, Plural; adjective)
idamthis
idam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypePronoun
Rootidam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular)
seheendured, tolerated
sehe:
Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsah (धातु)
Formलिट् (आत्मनेपद), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (Perfect, 3rd person, Singular)
jagatthe world
jagat:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootjagat (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom, Singular)
tadāthen
tadā:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottadā (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)
Speaker
Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa per Māheśvarakhaṇḍa convention)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A vast battlefield where foremost Daityas, having witnessed a startling marvel, roar in unison; their faces blaze with triumph, and the very atmosphere seems to shudder under their exultation.
Characters & Entities
D
DaityasFAQs
Pride born of temporary success swells into destructive arrogance; Purāṇas warn that such mada precedes ruin.
None; it describes the Daitya army’s reaction in battle.
None.