Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

आयसीं लकुटीं गृह्य प्रभुर्भारसहसि काम् । दानवेन्द्रं ततः प्राप्य ताडयामास मूर्धनि

Transliteration

āyasīṃ lakuṭīṃ gṛhya prabhurbhārasahasi kām | dānavendraṃ tataḥ prāpya tāḍayāmāsa mūrdhani

Translation

ನಂತರ ಪ್ರಭುವು ಭಾರವಾದ ಕಬ್ಬಿಣದ ಲಕುಟಿಯನ್ನು ಹಿಡಿದು ದಾನವೇಂದ್ರನ ಬಳಿಗೆ ಹೋಗಿ ಅವನ ತಲೆಯ ಮೇಲೆ ಬಲವಾಗಿ ಹೊಡೆದನು।

Word by Word

• āyasīm: iron
• āyasīm: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āyasī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; Accusative singular (qualifying lakuṭīm)

• lakuṭīm: club
• lakuṭīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lakuṭī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; Accusative singular

• gṛhya: having seized
• gṛhya: Kriya (Gerundial action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: grah (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund), पूर्वकाल; having taken

• prabhuḥ: the Lord
• prabhuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• bhārasahasi: in (his) burden-bearing strength
• bhārasahasi: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāra (प्रातिपदिक) + sahas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (भारस्य सहः/सहनम् → ‘bearing’); Locative singular (in bearing/strength)

• kām: whom/which (here: that one)
• kām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; Accusative singular (enclitic interrogative/indefinite in context)

• dānavendram: the lord of demons
• dānavendram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dānava (प्रातिपदिक) + indra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (दानवानाम् इन्द्रः); Accusative singular

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Sequence/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; sequence adverb

• prāpya: having come upon
• prāpya: Kriya (Gerundial action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-āp (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund), पूर्वकाल; having reached

• tāḍayāmāsa: struck
• tāḍayāmāsa: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tāḍ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्ष/परिपूर्ण भूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; causative stem (णिच्) implied: ‘caused to strike/struck’

• mūrdhani: on the head
• mūrdhani: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mūrdhan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; Locative singular

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; specific speaker not explicit in snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Lord, gripping a massive iron club, strides forward and brings it down upon the Dānava-king’s head; the moment is frozen at impact—dust and shockwaves radiate, the Dānava’s crown tilts, attendants recoil.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhu (Śiva/Sthāṇu)
• Dānavendra (Andhaka)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Lord’s power protects cosmic order; the Purāṇic battle imagery symbolizes the crushing of arrogance and adharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is referenced in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.