Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 126

Devanagari script

ववर्ष दानवो रोषादवध्यानक्षयानपि । तैरस्त्रैर्दानवोन्मुक्तैर्देवानीकेषु भीषणैः

Transliteration

vavarṣa dānavo roṣādavadhyānakṣayānapi | tairastrairdānavonmuktairdevānīkeṣu bhīṣaṇaiḥ

Translation

ダーナヴァは激怒し、防ぎようのない無尽蔵の武器を雨のように降らせた。悪魔によって放たれたその恐ろしい武器により、神々の軍勢は恐怖に襲われた。

Word by Word

• vavarṣa: rained down (weapons)
• vavarṣa: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vṛṣ (वृष् धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; अर्थः: वर्षयामास (rained down)

• dānavaḥ: the demon
• dānavaḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• roṣāt: from anger/out of rage
• roṣāt: Hetu (Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: roṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (cause)

• avadhyān: unslayable
• avadhyān: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of astrān understood)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a- + vadhya (√vadh, कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; नञ्-समास/उपसर्गः ‘अ-’ = not to be slain

• akṣayān: imperishable
• akṣayān: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of astrān understood)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a- + kṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; नञ्-पूर्वक = imperishable

• api: even/also
• api: Sambandha (Emphasis/Addition)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/अपि-कार) = also/even

• taiḥ: by those/with those
• taiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• astraiḥ: with weapons
• astraiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: astra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• dānava-unmuktaiḥ: released by the demon
• dānava-unmuktaiḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of astraiḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dānava (प्रातिपदिक) + unmukta (ud-√muc, कृदन्त/क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः = ‘दानवेन उन्मुक्तैः’ (released by the demon)

• deva-anīkeṣu: among the hosts of the gods
• deva-anīkeṣu: Adhikaraṇa (Location/Target domain)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + anīka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः = ‘देवानाम् अनीकानि’ (troops/hosts of gods)

• bhīṣaṇaiḥ: terrible
• bhīṣaṇaiḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of astraiḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhīṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; ‘भīषणैः’ = terrible (agreeing with astraiḥ)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa/Sūta (deduced for Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The demon unleashes a torrential downpour of dreadful missiles—endless, unassailable—blanketing the deva formations; shields splinter, banners fall, and fear ripples through the ranks.

Characters & Entities

• Dānava
• Devānīka (Deva hosts)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Anger multiplies destructive power; dharma traditions warn that roṣa (wrath) drives beings toward ruin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No holy site is referenced.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.