Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 23
Devanagari script
अस्त्रेण तेन हृदये ताडयामास दानवम् । ततः स ताडितस्तेन रुधिरोद्गारमुद्वमन्
Transliteration
astreṇa tena hṛdaye tāḍayāmāsa dānavam | tataḥ sa tāḍitastena rudhirodgāramudvaman
Translation
ആ അസ്ത്രം കൊണ്ട് അദ്ദേഹം ദാനവന്റെ ഹൃദയത്തിൽ പ്രഹരിച്ചു. അതേറ്റു മുറിവേറ്റ അവൻ രക്തം ഛർദ്ദിച്ചുകൊണ്ട് നിന്നു.
Word by Word
अस्त्रेणwith the weapon
अस्त्रेण:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन
तेनwith that
तेन:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (referring to ‘that’)
हृदयेin the heart
हृदये:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootहृदय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन
ताडयामासstruck
ताडयामास:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootताड् (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
दानवम्the demon
दानवम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootदानव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
ततःthereupon
ततः:
Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (from that/thereupon)
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
ताडितःhaving been struck
ताडितः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootताड् (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘struck’
तेनby that (weapon/one)
तेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन
रुधिरोद्गारम्a gush of blood
रुधिरोद्गारम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootरुधिर-उद्गार (प्रातिपदिक; रुधिर + उद्गार)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘रुधिरस्य उद्गारः’
उद्वमन्spewing forth
उद्वमन्:
Kriya-vishesana (Participial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootउद्+वम् (धातु)
Formशतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘vomiting/expelling’
Speaker
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; specific speaker not explicit in snippet)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: The deity’s invoked weapon strikes the dānava squarely in the heart; the demon reels, expelling a torrent of blood, signaling the collapse of his power.
Characters & Entities
D
Devēśa (Śiva/Sthāṇu)D
Dānava (Andhaka)FAQs
Adharma, though forceful, is ultimately pierced at its core; the narrative dramatizes the inevitable defeat of demonic pride.
Not named in this verse.
None.