Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

स्ववाहनसमारूढाः संयता बलदर्पिताः । देवाः सर्वेऽपि युयुधुः स्कन्दतेजोपबृंहिताः

Transliteration

svavāhanasamārūḍhāḥ saṃyatā baladarpitāḥ | devāḥ sarve'pi yuyudhuḥ skandatejopabṛṃhitāḥ

Translation

സ്വസ്വ വാഹനങ്ങളിൽ കയറി, നിയന്ത്രിതരും ബലഗർവിതരുമായി, സ്കന്ദതേജസ്സാൽ ബലപ്പെട്ട് എല്ലാ ദേവന്മാരും യുദ്ധം ചെയ്തു॥

Word by Word

• svavāhana-samārūḍhāḥ: mounted on their own vehicles
• svavāhana-samārūḍhāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sva + vāhana + sam-ā-rūḍha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle) 'समारूढ'; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (स्वं वाहनं)

• saṃyatāḥ: restrained/ready
• saṃyatāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃyata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (disciplined/controlled)

• bala-darpitāḥ: proud of strength
• bala-darpitāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bala + darpita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त 'दर्पित'; तृतीया/षष्ठी-भावार्थे तत्पुरुषः (बलेन/बलस्य दर्पः)

• devāḥ: the gods
• devāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्

• sarve: all
• sarve: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपातः (particle), अपि-कारकः (also/even)

• yuyudhuḥ: fought
• yuyudhuḥ: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yudh (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, बहुवचनम्

• skanda-tejas-upabṛṃhitāḥ: strengthened by Skanda's splendor
• skanda-tejas-upabṛṃhitāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: skanda + tejas + upa-bṛṃhita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त 'उपबृंहित' (strengthened); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (स्कन्दस्य तेजसा उपबृंहिताः)

Speaker

Deductive (Nāgara-khaṇḍa narrative voice; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa addressing sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: muni (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: All devas appear mounted on their iconic vāhanas—Indra on Airāvata, Agni on ram, Varuṇa on makara, etc.—arrayed in disciplined formation, their weapons gleaming, while a central Skanda-like radiance suffuses them like a golden aura.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Skanda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine strength becomes effective when aligned with Skanda’s tejas—symbolizing grace that empowers disciplined effort in dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No explicit tīrtha is named in this verse; it continues the battle episode situated in the Tāmravatī narrative frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.