Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4
Devanagari script
ततः समभवद्युद्धं देवानां दानवैः सह । गणैश्च विकृताकारैर्मृत्युं कृत्वा निवर्तनम्
Transliteration
tataḥ samabhavadyuddhaṃ devānāṃ dānavaiḥ saha | gaṇaiśca vikṛtākārairmṛtyuṃ kṛtvā nivartanam
Translation
そのとき、神々とダーナヴァとの間に戦が起こり、さらに恐ろしく歪んだ姿のガナの群れとも相まみえた――そこでは退くことは死を招くに等しかった。
Word by Word
ततःthen
ततः:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, तस्मात्/अनन्तरम् (then/thereafter)
समभवत्arose, happened
समभवत्:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + भू (धातु)
Formलङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
युद्धम्battle
युद्धम्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयुद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
देवानाम्of the gods
देवानाम्:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन
दानवैःwith the demons (Dānavas)
दानवैः:
Sahakari (सहकारी/with)
TypeNoun
Rootदानव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन
सहtogether with
सह:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसह (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, सहार्थक (with)
गणैःwith the hosts (gaṇas)
गणैः:
Sahakari (सहकारी/with)
TypeNoun
Rootगण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (and)
विकृताकारैःof grotesque forms
विकृताकारैः:
Sahakari (सहकारी/with)
TypeAdjective
Rootविकृत + आकार (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय (विकृतः आकारः येषाम्); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; गणैः इति विशेषण
मृत्युम्death
मृत्युम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमृत्यु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
कृत्वाhaving made, causing
कृत्वा:
Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having made/caused’
निवर्तनम्withdrawal, turning back
निवर्तनम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootनिवर्तन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कृत्वा इत्यस्य कर्म
Speaker
Sūta (implied continuation of narration)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A vast battlefield where devas clash with asuras; Śiva’s gaṇas—grotesque, awe-inspiring attendants—surge forward, and the atmosphere suggests that retreat is fatal.
Characters & Entities
D
DevasD
DānavasG
GaṇasFAQs
When dharma and adharma clash, neutrality and retreat are depicted as spiritually perilous; one must stand with righteousness despite fear.
The narrative is embedded in the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra glorification, though this verse itself is battle-focused.
None.