Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

दानवेऽधिष्ठिते युद्धे शरैश्चिछेद सायकान् । शरासनेण तत्रैव अन्धकश्छादितस्तदा

Transliteration

dānave'dhiṣṭhite yuddhe śaraiścicheda sāyakān | śarāsaneṇa tatraiva andhakaśchāditastadā

Translation

ದಾನವನು ಯುದ್ಧವನ್ನು ಬಲವಾಗಿ ಮುಂದುವರಿಸಿದಾಗ, ಅವನು ತನ್ನ ಬಾಣಗಳಿಂದ ಅವನ ಕ್ಷಿಪಣಿಗಳನ್ನು ಕತ್ತರಿಸಿದನು. ಆಗ ಅಲ್ಲಿಯೇ ಅಂಧಕನು ಧನುಸ್ಸು-ಬಾಣಗಳ ಮಳೆಯಿಂದ ಮುಚ್ಚಲ್ಪಟ್ಟು ಅಡಗಿಹೋದನು।

Word by Word

• दानवे: when/where the demon (was)
• दानवे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अधिष्ठिते: undertaken, presided over
• अधिष्ठिते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधि-स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (युद्धे)

• युद्धे: in the battle
• युद्धे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शरैः: with arrows
• शरैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन

• चिछेद: cut, severed
• चिछेद: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: छिद् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सायकान्: arrows/darts
• सायकान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सायक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• शरासनेण: with the bow
• शरासनेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरासन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• अन्धकः: Andhaka (name)
• अन्धकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्धक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• छादितः: covered, concealed
• छादितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: छाद् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kriya-viseshana (Temporal/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa tradition)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dense exchange of arrows: the Dānava’s missiles are cut mid-air; Andhaka becomes visually ‘covered’—a near-eclipse made of bow, arrows, and flying shafts.

Characters & Entities

• Andhaka
• Dānava
• Mahēśvara (implicit)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The momentum of adharma is checked by disciplined divine action; arrogance becomes veiled and powerless.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is highlighted in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a martial description.