Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

हत्वा तं सचिवान्पश्चात्सुबाहुप्रमुखांश्च तान् । जघान हन्यमानोऽपि समन्ताद्दानवैः परैः

Transliteration

hatvā taṃ sacivānpaścātsubāhupramukhāṃśca tān | jaghāna hanyamāno'pi samantāddānavaiḥ paraiḥ

Translation

かの魔王の大臣たち—スバーフ（Subāhu）を先頭とする者ども—を討ち果たしたのち、なお四方より残るダーナヴァ（Dānava）に攻め立てられつつも、彼は他の者たちをも打ち倒した。

Word by Word

• हत्वा: having killed
• हत्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Converb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund): 'having slain'

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

• सचिवान्: ministers/attendants
• सचिवान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सचिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• पश्चात्: afterwards
• पश्चात्: Sambandha (Temporal/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पश्चात् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (afterwards)

• सुबाहुप्रमुखान्: those led by Subāhu
• सुबाहुप्रमुखान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुबाहु + प्रमुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सुबाहुः प्रमुखः येषाम्/सुबाहु-प्रमुखाः 'headed by Subāhu'); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• जघान: he struck/killed
• जघान: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• हन्यमानः: though being attacked
• हन्यमानः: Kriya-viseshana (Concessive circumstance/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि कृदन्त (शानच्/मान-प्रत्यय; passive present participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (implicit subject)

• अपि: even though
• अपि: Sambandha (Concessive particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-निपात (even/though)

• समन्तात्: from all sides
• समन्तात्: Adhikarana (Spatial/अधिकरण-भाव)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (from all around)

• दानवैः: by demons
• दानवैः: Kartr-karana (Agent in passive/कर्तृ in कर्मणि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• परैः: other/remaining
• परैः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; विशेषण (दानवैः)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Nāgara-khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After the king’s fall, the Lord slays the four ministers—Subāhu foremost—then continues striking down the remaining dānavas while being attacked from every direction, standing as an unmovable center of force.

Characters & Entities

• Subāhu
• Dānavas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is upheld even amid pressure from all directions; divine protection does not waver under opposition.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The wider Tīrthamāhātmya section glorifies a sanctified area preserved by the Lord; this verse alone does not name the tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.