Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

अहं च तव मार्गेण ह्यागमिष्यामि पृष्ठतः । दानवानां च सर्वेषां कुर्वंश्च कदनं महत्

Transliteration

ahaṃ ca tava mārgeṇa hyāgamiṣyāmi pṛṣṭhataḥ | dānavānāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ kurvaṃśca kadanaṃ mahat

Translation

«ហើយខ្ញុំក៏នឹងដើរតាមផ្លូវរបស់អ្នកពីក្រោយ ដោយធ្វើការបំផ្លាញយ៉ាងធំលើដានវៈទាំងអស់»។

Word by Word

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• तव: your
• तव: Shashthi-sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• मार्गेण: by the path/route
• मार्गेण: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

• आगमिष्यामि: I will come
• आगमिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + गम् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पृष्ठतः: from behind
• पृष्ठतः: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पृष्ठतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb) ‘from behind/behind’

• दानवानाम्: of the demons (Danavas)
• दानवानाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• कुर्वन्: doing/making
• कुर्वन्: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमान कृदन्त (present active participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• कदनम्: slaughter, destruction
• कदनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कदन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• महत्: great
• महत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Sūta narrating; direct speech by Balarāma (Saṅkarṣaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā tīrtha (contextual)

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Saṅkarṣaṇa vows to follow behind, weapon-ready, as shadowy dānavas gather; the path along the river becomes a corridor of pursuit and impending combat.

Characters & Entities

• Saṅkarṣaṇa (Balarāma)
• Kṛṣṇa
• Dānavas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Protecting the righteous may require strength; dharma includes the duty to restrain violent opposition to justice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named; the verse advances the Kuṇḍina-centered narrative within the Revā Khaṇḍa frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it describes martial assistance in defense of the intended dharmic outcome.