Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 13
Devanagari script
द्वन्द्वयुद्धं करिष्यामि निश्चित्य युयुधे नृप । स कृष्णेन पदाक्षिप्तः पतितः पृथिवीतले
Transliteration
dvandvayuddhaṃ kariṣyāmi niścitya yuyudhe nṛpa | sa kṛṣṇena padākṣiptaḥ patitaḥ pṛthivītale
Translation
“ഞാൻ ദ്വന്ദ്വയുദ്ധം ചെയ്യും” എന്നു നിശ്ചയിച്ച്, ഹേ രാജാവേ, അവൻ യുദ്ധത്തിലേർപ്പെട്ടു. എന്നാൽ കൃഷ്ണന്റെ പാദപ്രഹാരത്തിൽ അവൻ ഭൂമിയിൽ വീണു.
Word by Word
द्वन्द्वयुद्धम्single combat
द्वन्द्वयुद्धम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootद्वन्द्व (प्रातिपदिक) + युद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; द्वन्द्वं (युग्मं) यत् युद्धम्
करिष्यामिI will do
करिष्यामि:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formलृट् (Simple Future/भविष्यत्), परस्मैपदी; उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन
निश्चित्यhaving decided
निश्चित्य:
Pūrvakāla (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
TypeVerb
Rootनि+चित् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)
युयुधेfought
युयुधे:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootयुध् (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), आत्मनेपदी; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
नृपO king
नृप:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootनृप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन
कृष्णेनby Kṛṣṇa
कृष्णेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootकृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन
पदाक्षिप्तःstruck/knocked by a foot
पदाक्षिप्तः:
Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootपद (प्रातिपदिक) + आ+क्षिप् (धातु)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; ‘पदेन आक्षिप्तः’ (karmadhāraya-like sense, but not a samāsa form here)
पतितःfell
पतितः:
Kriya (Result state/क्रिया-फल)
TypeVerb
Rootपत् (धातु)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन
पृथिवीतलेon the ground
पृथिवीतले:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootपृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक) + तल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; पृथिव्याः तलम्
Speaker
Narrator (addressing a king)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Revā (contextual)
Type: river
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: King (nṛpa)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: The Dānava resolves on a duel and rushes forward; Kṛṣṇa, unruffled, checks him with a single foot-strike, sending him sprawling to the earth.
Characters & Entities
K
KṛṣṇaA
AndhakaN
Nṛpa (listener/king)FAQs
When ego confronts the Divine, defeat can be instantaneous; true strength rests with dharma and the Lord’s will.
No explicit tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.
None.