Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 74
Devanagari script
शक्रं विव्याध दशभिर्जत्रुदेशे च पत्रिबिः । हृदये च त्रिभिश्चैव द्वाभ्यां च स्कन्धयोर्द्वयोः
Transliteration
śakraṃ vivyādha daśabhirjatrudeśe ca patribiḥ | hṛdaye ca tribhiścaiva dvābhyāṃ ca skandhayordvayoḥ
Translation
അവൻ ശക്രനെ ജത്രു പ്രദേശത്ത് പത്ത് പകർത്തിയ അമ്പുകളാൽ കുത്തി; ഹൃദയത്തിൽ മൂന്നു അമ്പുകളാൽ, കൂടാതെ ഇരുവശ തോളുകളിലും രണ്ടെണ്ണം വീതം അമ്പുകളാൽ വേദിച്ചു।
Word by Word
शक्रम्Śakra (Indra)
शक्रम्:
Karma (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootशक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया, एकवचन
विव्याधhe pierced
विव्याध:
Kriya (Action)
TypeVerb
Rootव्यध् (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्
दशभिःwith ten
दशभिः:
Karana (Instrument)
TypeAdjective
Rootदशन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया, बहुवचन; संख्याविशेषणम् (instrumental plural: with ten)
जत्रुदेशेin the collarbone region
जत्रुदेशे:
Adhikarana (Location)
TypeNoun
Rootजत्रु + देश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—जत्रोः देशः (collarbone region)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्ययम्
पत्रिभिःwith feathered arrows
पत्रिभिः:
Karana (Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootपत्रिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया, बहुवचन; ‘पत्रिन्’ = feathered (arrow)
हृदयेin the heart
हृदये:
Adhikarana (Location)
TypeNoun
Rootहृदय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी, एकवचन
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्ययम्
त्रिभिःwith three
त्रिभिः:
Karana (Instrument)
TypeAdjective
Rootत्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया, बहुवचन; संख्याविशेषणम् (with three)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्ययम्
एवindeed/just
एव:
Sambandha (Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formनिश्चय/अवधारण-अव्ययम् (emphatic particle)
द्वाभ्याम्with two
द्वाभ्याम्:
Karana (Instrument)
TypeAdjective
Rootद्वि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया, द्विवचन; संख्याविशेषणम् (with two)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्ययम्
स्कन्धयोःon the two shoulders
स्कन्धयोः:
Adhikarana (Location)
TypeNoun
Rootस्कन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी/षष्ठी (7th/6th), द्विवचन; अत्र सप्तमी (location): ‘on/in the two shoulders’
द्वयोःof the two
द्वयोः:
Sambandha (Genitive qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootद्वि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, षष्ठी/सप्तमी, द्विवचन; विशेषणम्—‘of the two’ (agreeing with स्कन्धयोः)
Speaker
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (Mahēśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Indra is shown struck in multiple places—collarbone region, heart, and shoulders—yet still upright; arrows with feathered ends protrude, conveying both pain and steadfastness amid a sky-battle.
Characters & Entities
Ś
Śakra (Indra)FAQs
Even the mighty face hardship; endurance in adversity is implied as a heroic and dharmic virtue.
None; this is a war narration.
None.