Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22
Devanagari script
एतस्मिन्नंतरे दैत्यः कालखंज इति स्मृतः । स कोपवशमापन्नो वासुदेवमुपाद्रवत्
Transliteration
etasminnaṃtare daityaḥ kālakhaṃja iti smṛtaḥ | sa kopavaśamāpanno vāsudevamupādravat
Translation
അതിനിടയിൽ ‘കാലഖഞ്ജ’ എന്നു പ്രസിദ്ധനായ ദൈത്യൻ ക്രോധവശനായി വാസുദേവനെ ആക്രമിച്ചു।
Word by Word
etasminin this
etasmin:
Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘antare’)
antarein the interval, meanwhile
antare:
Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootantara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — देश/काल-अधिकरण (‘in the meantime’)
daityaḥa demon
daityaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdaitya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — कर्ता
kāla-khaṃjaḥKālakhaṃja (name)
kāla-khaṃjaḥ:
Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootkāla (प्रातिपदिक) + khaṃja (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — नाम (proper name); कर्मधारयः (विशेषण-विशेष्यभावः)
itithus, as
iti:
Vākyārtha-dyotaka (Quotation marker/इत्यर्थद्योतक)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiti (अव्यय)
Formउद्धरण/इति-प्रयोग अव्यय (quotative particle)
smṛtaḥwas known/called
smṛtaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsmṛ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP) ‘smṛta’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘called/known’
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — कर्ता (refers to the demon)
kopa-vaśamthe sway of anger
kopa-vaśam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootkopa (प्रातिपदिक) + vaśa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — गत्यर्थक-क्रियायाः कर्म (state entered)
āpannaḥhaving entered, overcome by
āpannaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootā + pad (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP) ‘āpanna’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘having fallen into/entered’
vāsudevamVāsudeva
vāsudevam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootvāsudeva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — कर्म
upādravatrushed at, attacked
upādravat:
Kriyā (Verbal action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootupa + ā + drav (धातु)
Formलङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — ‘he rushed/attacked’
Speaker
Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A single daitya, Kālakhaṃja, surges forward from the chaos, eyes blazing with rage, charging directly at Vāsudeva—tightening the narrative into a duel.
Characters & Entities
K
KālakhaṃjaV
Vāsudeva (Viṣṇu)FAQs
Anger clouds judgment and drives beings toward self-destruction; dharma stands firm even when challenged by krodha.
This is a narrative segment within Adhyāya 34’s tīrtha-māhātmya; the tīrtha is not specified in this single verse.
None in this verse.