Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

एवं विजयमापन्नः शक्रो देवेस्वरस्तदा । देवैर्हतास्तदा दैत्याः पतितास्ते महीतले

Transliteration

evaṃ vijayamāpannaḥ śakro devesvarastadā | devairhatāstadā daityāḥ patitāste mahītale

Translation

अशा प्रकारे देवांचा स्वामी शक्र विजयास प्राप्त झाला. तेव्हा देवांनी मारलेले दैत्य पृथ्वीच्या पृष्ठभागावर कोसळले.

Word by Word

• evaṃ: thus
• evaṃ: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evaṃ (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of manner)

• vijayam: victory
• vijayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vijaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• āpannaḥ: having attained
• āpannaḥ: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√pad (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अर्थ: ‘प्राप्तः’

• śakraḥ: Śakra (Indra)
• śakraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• deveśvaraḥ: lord of the gods
• deveśvaraḥ: Karta (Apposition/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: देवानाम् ईश्वरः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• devaiḥ: by the gods
• devaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन

• hatāḥ: slain
• hatāḥ: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: han (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय

• daityāḥ: Daityas (demons)
• daityāḥ: Karta/Patient (Logical subject of passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• patitāḥ: fallen
• patitāḥ: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pat (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past active sense: ‘fallen’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• mahītale: on the earth's surface
• mahītale: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahī (प्रातिपदिक) + tala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: मह्याः तलम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra (Śakra) radiant with vajra, standing amid devas; below, defeated daityas lie fallen upon the earth; the sky still echoes with victory hymns; the landscape hints at Himalayan vastness and sacred stillness after battle.

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Devas
• Daityas
• Mahī (earth)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When divine order is upheld, adharma collapses; victory is portrayed as the rebalancing of the cosmos.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedārakhaṇḍa context anchors the narration in Kedāra’s sanctity, though the verse itself is battlefield-outcome focused.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.