Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 23
Devanagari script
करं प्रासारयद्दैत्यो देवं मूर्ध्नि किल स्पृशेत् । लाङ्गूलेनाहतो दैत्यो विषण्णः पतितो भुवि
Transliteration
karaṃ prāsārayaddaityo devaṃ mūrdhni kila spṛśet | lāṅgūlenāhato daityo viṣaṇṇaḥ patito bhuvi
Translation
ദൈത്യൻ കൈ നീട്ടി, ദേവന്റെ ശിരസ്സിനെ സ്പർശിക്കുവാൻ ശ്രമിച്ചു. എന്നാൽ വാലിന്റെ പ്രഹാരത്തിൽ ആഹതനായി വിഷണ്ണനായി ഭൂമിയിൽ വീണു.
Word by Word
करम्hand
करम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन
प्रासारयत्stretched out
प्रासारयत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-√सृ (धातु)
Formलङ्-लकार (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
दैत्यःthe demon
दैत्यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
देवम्the god
देवम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
मूर्ध्निon the head
मूर्ध्नि:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootमूर्धन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन
किलindeed/it is said
किल:
Sambandha/Discourse particle
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकिल (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle; emphasis/hearsay)
स्पृशेत्might touch/should touch
स्पृशेत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√स्पृश् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
लाङ्गूलेनwith the tail
लाङ्गूलेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootलाङ्गूल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन
आहतःstruck
आहतः:
Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootआ-√हन् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
दैत्यःthe demon
दैत्यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
विषण्णःdejected
विषण्णः:
Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootविषण्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
पतितःfallen
पतितः:
Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Root√पत् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
भुविon the ground/earth
भुवि:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootभू (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन
Speaker
Narrator (Purāṇic voice)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A daitya reaches toward the deity’s head; a powerful bull/guardian lashes a tail, striking the demon who collapses on the earth, stunned and ashamed.
Characters & Entities
D
Daitya/DānavaŚ
ŚivaV
Vṛṣa (Nandin)FAQs
Adharma is restrained by divine guardianship; arrogance collapses when it attempts to violate the sacred.
No named tīrtha appears; the verse is part of the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative sequence.
None.