Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 45
Devanagari script
ततो युद्धं समभवद्देवयोर्दानवैः सह । आच्छादितौ तौ ददृशुर्दैत्यैर्देवगणास्तदा
Transliteration
tato yuddhaṃ samabhavaddevayordānavaiḥ saha | ācchāditau tau dadṛśurdaityairdevagaṇāstadā
Translation
そのとき、二柱の神々とダーナヴァ族とのあいだに戦いが起こった。折しも神々の軍勢は、二柱がダイティヤたちに四方から覆い隠され、包囲されているのを見た。
Word by Word
ततःthen
ततः:
Sambandha (Temporal/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक अव्यय — temporal adverb ‘then/thereupon’
युद्धम्battle
युद्धम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयुद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular
समभवत्arose/occurred
समभवत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + भू (धातु)
Formलङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — Imperfect, 3rd person, Singular
देवयोःof the two gods
देवयोः:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी/सप्तमी विभक्ति, द्विवचन — Masculine, Gen./Loc., Dual
दानवैःwith the Dānavas
दानवैः:
Sahakari (Association/सहकारी)
TypeNoun
Rootदानव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Masculine, Instrumental, Plural
सहtogether with
सह:
Sahakari (Association/सहकारी)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसह (अव्यय)
Formसहकारार्थक अव्यय — preposition/adverb ‘together with’
आच्छादितौcovered/obscured
आच्छादितौ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootआ + छद् (धातु) → आच्छादित (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, द्विवचन — Past passive participle, Masculine, Nominative, Dual; predicate adjective of ‘तौ’
तौthose two
तौ:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, द्विवचन — Pronoun, Masculine, Nom./Acc., Dual
ददृशुःsaw
ददृशुः:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootदृश् (धातु)
Formलिट् (परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन — Perfect, 3rd person, Plural
दैत्यैःby the Daityas
दैत्यैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootदैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Masculine, Instrumental, Plural
देव-गणाःthe hosts of gods
देव-गणाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक) + गण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Plural
तदाthen
तदा:
Sambandha (Temporal/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदा (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक अव्यय — temporal adverb ‘at that time’
Speaker
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Battle erupts; the two divine figures are momentarily hidden by a press of Daityas, while the devas look on in alarm, sensing the crisis.
Characters & Entities
D
DevaD
DānavaD
DaityaD
DevagaṇaFAQs
Dharma may appear momentarily obscured by hostile forces, yet the Purāṇic narrative frames such concealment as temporary before divine restoration.
Dvārakā, whose Māhātmya depicts it as a protected divine domain even amid cosmic battle.
None; it narrates the onset of battle.