Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

अन्ये च दानवा वीरा नानावाहनहेतयः । प्रचण्डचित्रवर्माणः कुण्डलोष्णीषभूषिताः

Transliteration

anye ca dānavā vīrā nānāvāhanahetayaḥ | pracaṇḍacitravarmāṇaḥ kuṇḍaloṣṇīṣabhūṣitāḥ

Translation

മറ്റും അനേകം വീര ദാനവന്മാർ വന്നു; അവരുടെ വാഹനങ്ങളും ആയുധങ്ങളും നാനാവിധം. അവർ അത്യന്തം പ്രചണ്ഡർ, വർണ്ണവൈവിധ്യമുള്ള കവചധാരികൾ, കുണ്ഡലവും ഉഷ്ണീഷവും ധരിച്ച് ഭൂഷിതർ.

Word by Word

• anye: others
• anye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), बहुवचनम् (Plural)

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

• dānavāḥ: Dānavas (demons)
• dānavāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

• vīrāḥ: heroes, warriors
• vīrāḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vīra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

• nānā-vāhana-hetayaḥ: having various vehicles as their means/cause
• nānā-vāhana-hetayaḥ: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nānā (अव्यय) + vāhana (प्रातिपदिक) + hetu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (नानावाहनानां हेतवः इति)

• pracaṇḍa-citra-varmāṇaḥ: with fierce and variegated armor
• pracaṇḍa-citra-varmāṇaḥ: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pracaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक) + citra (प्रातिपदिक) + varman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; समासः—कर्मधारयः (प्रचण्डं च चित्रं च वर्म यस्य)

• kuṇḍala-uṣṇīṣa-bhūṣitāḥ: adorned with earrings and turbans/diadems
• kuṇḍala-uṣṇīṣa-bhūṣitāḥ: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kuṇḍala (प्रातिपदिक) + uṣṇīṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + bhūṣita (कृदन्त; भूष् धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः—क्त (past passive participle) ‘भूषित’; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (कुण्डलैः उष्णीषैः च भूषिताः)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A massing of heroic Dānavas: varied mounts and weapons, fierce faces, variegated armor, heavy earrings, and crested helmets; the composition emphasizes multiplicity (nānā-) and intimidating magnificence.

Characters & Entities

• Dānava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Multiplicity of resources—arms, mounts, and ornament—does not equal righteousness; dharma is measured by alignment with divine law, not by display.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None is specified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.