Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

जगुर्हर्षसमाविष्टा ननृतुश्चासुरांगनाः । ततो महोत्सवे जाते दानवानां पृथासुत

Transliteration

jagurharṣasamāviṣṭā nanṛtuścāsurāṃganāḥ | tato mahotsave jāte dānavānāṃ pṛthāsuta

Translation

ಹರ್ಷದಿಂದ ತುಂಬಿ ಅವರು ಹಾಡಿದರು; ಅಸುರಕನ್ಯೆಯರು ನೃತ್ಯಮಾಡಿದರು. ನಂತರ ದಾನವರಲ್ಲಿ ಮಹೋತ್ಸವ ಉಂಟಾಯಿತು, ಹೇ ಪೃಥಾಪುತ್ರ!

Word by Word

• जगुः: sang
• जगुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गै (गायति) (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• हर्ष-समाविष्टाः: filled with joy
• हर्ष-समाविष्टाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हर्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + समाविष्ट (प्रातिपदिक) < सम् + आ + √विश् (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; समासः तृतीया-तत्पुरुषः (हर्षेण समाविष्टाः) = possessed/filled with joy; विशेषणम् of (असुराः/जनाः) implied

• ननृतुः: danced
• ननृतुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √नृत् (नृत्यति) (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/ conjunction)

• असुर-अङ्गनाः: asura women
• असुर-अङ्गनाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असुर (प्रातिपदिक) + अङ्गना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (असुराणाम् अङ्गनाः) = asura-women

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = thereafter

• महोत्सवे: at the great festival
• महोत्सवे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महोत्सव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• जाते: when it occurred
• जाते: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √जन् (जायते) (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; ‘जाते’ = when arisen/occurred (agreeing with महोत्सवे)

• दानवानाम्: of the Dānavas
• दानवानाम्: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन

• पृथासुत: O son of Pṛthā
• पृथासुत: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथा (प्रातिपदिक) + सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पृथायाः सुतः) = son of Pṛthā (Arjuna); संबोधन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pṛthāsuta (Arjuna) / epic-audience within the narration

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Asura maidens sing and dance in exuberance; a grand dānava festival swells, while the narrator addresses ‘O son of Pṛthā,’ carrying the epic tone forward.

Characters & Entities

• Dānavas
• Asura maidens
• Pṛthāsuta (Arjuna)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Collective exhilaration can sanctify even adharma in the eyes of a group; Purāṇas warn that joy without righteousness becomes the seed of downfall.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No sacred geography is referenced in this verse; it depicts a Dānava celebration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse portrays singing and dancing as part of a festival.