Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 5
Devanagari script
एवं विनाश्य तद्राज्यं स्त्रीगोधनजिघृक्षवः । आवृत्य तस्य नगरीं वज्रबाहोस्तु मागधः
Transliteration
evaṃ vināśya tadrājyaṃ strīgodhanajighṛkṣavaḥ | āvṛtya tasya nagarīṃ vajrabāhostu māgadhaḥ
Translation
ഇങ്ങനെ ആ രാജ്യം നശിപ്പിച്ച്, സ്ത്രീയും ഗോധനസമ്പത്തും മോഹിച്ച് മഗധാധിപൻ വജ്രബാഹുവിന്റെ നഗരിയെ ചുറ്റുമുറുക്കി വളഞ്ഞു।
Word by Word
एवम्thus
एवम्:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootevam (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb)
विनाश्यhaving destroyed
विनाश्य:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootvi-√naś (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; उपसर्गः वि-
तत्that
तत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; विशेषण (rājyaṃ)
राज्यम्kingdom
राज्यम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootrājya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन
स्त्रीगोधनजिघृक्षवःdesiring to seize women and cattle/wealth
स्त्रीगोधनजिघृक्षवः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootstrī + go + dhana + jighṛkṣu (प्रातिपदिक; √grah (धातु) से इच्छार्थक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन; समासः (तत्पुरुष): स्त्री-गोधनं जिघृक्षवः = स्त्रीणां गोधनं ग्रहीतुमिच्छन्तः
आवृत्यhaving surrounded
आवृत्य:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootā-√vṛ (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; उपसर्गः आ-
तस्यof him/of that
तस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन
नगरीम्city
नगरीम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootnagarī (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन
वज्रबाहोःof Vajrabāhu
वज्रबाहोः:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootvajrabāhu (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; समासः (कर्मधारय): वज्र इव बाहुः यस्य
तुbut/indeed
तु:
Sambandha-bodhaka (Discourse particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (निपात/particle; विरोध/अन्वय)
मागधःthe Magadhan (king/warrior)
मागधः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootmāgadha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन
Speaker
Sūta (continued narration)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A ravaged countryside; Magadhan forces encircle Vajrabāhu’s city; smoke, frightened citizens, cattle herds being driven; banners and drums of siege.
Characters & Entities
V
VajrabāhuM
Magadha (Magadhan)FAQs
Greed-driven conquest is portrayed as adharmic; it sets the stage for the righteous duty of defense by the king.
No tīrtha is mentioned; the focus is the encirclement of a royal city in Daśārṇa.
None.