Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 75
Devanagari script
शक्रोपि दानवेन्द्राय बाणजालम भीरयन् । अप्राप्तान्दानवेन्द्रस्तु शराश्छक्रभुजेरितान्
Transliteration
śakropi dānavendrāya bāṇajālama bhīrayan | aprāptāndānavendrastu śarāśchakrabhujeritān
Translation
ശക്രനും ഭയമില്ലാതെ ദാനവേന്ദ്രനിലേക്കു ബാണജാലം പ്രയോഗിച്ചു. എന്നാൽ ദാനവരാജാവ് ശക്രന്റെ ഭുജത്തിൽ നിന്നുയർന്ന ആ അമ്പുകൾ എത്തുന്നതിന് മുമ്പേ വെട്ടിവീഴ്ത്തി।
Word by Word
शक्रःŚakra (Indra)
शक्रः:
Karta (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootशक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचन
अपिalso
अपि:
Sambandha (Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय/अपि-अव्ययम् (also/even)
दानवेन्द्रायto the lord of Dānavas
दानवेन्द्राय:
Sampradana (Recipient)
TypeNoun
Rootदानवेन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—दानवानाम् इन्द्रः
बाणजालम्a volley/net of arrows
बाणजालम्:
Karma (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootबाण + जाल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—बाणानां जालम् (a net/volley of arrows)
भीरयन्frightening (him)
भीरयन्:
Karta (Agent participle)
TypeVerb
Rootभीरय् (धातु)
Formशतृ-प्रत्ययान्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचन; परस्मैपदी; ‘frightening’
अप्राप्तान्not yet reaching (him)
अप्राप्तान्:
Karma (Object qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootअ- (निषेध) + प्राप्त (प्र + आप् (धातु) → क्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त, पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; ‘not reached’
दानवेन्द्रःthe lord of Dānavas
दानवेन्द्रः:
Karta (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootदानवेन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—दानवानाम् इन्द्रः
तुbut
तु:
Sambandha (Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formविरोध/अवधारण-अव्ययम् (but/indeed)
शरान्arrows
शरान्:
Karma (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootशर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया, बहुवचन
शक्रभुजेरितान्discharged by Śakra’s arm
शक्रभुजेरितान्:
Karma (Object qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootशक्र + भुज + ईरित (ईर् (धातु) → क्त)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः—शक्रस्य भुजेन ईरिताः (sent/impelled by Śakra’s arm)
Speaker
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (Mahēśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Despite being wounded, Indra releases a dense net of arrows toward the Dānava lord; Jambha, poised and fierce, slices the incoming shafts before they reach him—arrows shattering in the air between them.
Characters & Entities
Ś
Śakra (Indra)D
Dānavendra (Jambha)FAQs
Fearlessness and skill are both shown as powers; dharmic struggle involves effort met by resistance.
No tīrtha is mentioned.
None.