Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 44
Devanagari script
सह देवगणैः सर्वैर्वसुरुद्रार्कपूर्वकैः । एतस्मिन्नंतरे शक्रो वज्रं रौद्रतमं च यत्
Transliteration
saha devagaṇaiḥ sarvairvasurudrārkapūrvakaiḥ | etasminnaṃtare śakro vajraṃ raudratamaṃ ca yat
Translation
വസുക്കൾ, രുദ്രന്മാർ, ആദിത്യന്മാർ മുതലായ എല്ലാ ദേവഗണങ്ങളോടും കൂടി, അതേ ഇടവേളയിൽ ശക്രൻ അത്യന്തം രൗദ്രമായ വജ്രം കൈക്കൊണ്ടു.
Word by Word
सहtogether with
सह:
Sahakari (Accompaniment)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसह (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (उपसर्गसदृश/सह-योगे: with)
देवगणैःwith the groups of gods
देवगणैः:
Sahakari/Karana (Accompaniment)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव + गण (प्रातिपदिक); देवानां गणाः
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष
सर्वैःall
सर्वैः:
Visheshana (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (देवगणैः)
वसुरुद्रार्कपूर्वकैःpreceded by the Vasus, Rudras, and Ādityas (Arkas)
वसुरुद्रार्कपूर्वकैः:
Visheshana (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootवसु + रुद्र + अर्क + पूर्वक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचनम्; समाहार/निर्देशार्थे बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः; विशेषणम् (देवगणैः)
एतस्मिन्in this
एतस्मिन्:
Adhikarana (Location/time frame)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचनम्
अन्तरेin the meantime/interval
अन्तरे:
Adhikarana (Temporal locative)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचनम्; ‘अन्तरे’ = in the interval/meanwhile
शक्रःŚakra (Indra)
शक्रः:
Karta (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootशक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्
वज्रम्thunderbolt
वज्रम्:
Karma (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootवज्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्
रौद्रतमम्most terrible/fierce
रौद्रतमम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootरौद्र + तमप् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; अतिशय (superlative) विशेषणम् (वज्रम्)
चand
च:
Samuccaya (Conjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (समुच्चय/and)
यत्which/that
यत्:
Sambandha (Relative reference)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun: which/that)
Speaker
Sūta (narration)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Indra stands amid the full host of gods—Vasus, Rudras, and Ādityas—raising the terrible vajra, charged with raudra power, as the battle crests.
Characters & Entities
Ś
Śakra (Indra)V
VasusR
RudrasĀ
Ādityas/ArkaV
VajraFAQs
When dharma is threatened, divine forces are depicted as uniting; strength becomes legitimate when employed to restore sacred order.
Not specified in this verse.
None.