Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

ततस्तस्याः प्रभावेन हत्वा दैत्यानशेषतः । अन्धको निहतः पश्चात्त्रैलोक्यव्यसनप्रदः

Transliteration

tatastasyāḥ prabhāvena hatvā daityānaśeṣataḥ | andhako nihataḥ paścāttrailokyavyasanapradaḥ

Translation

त्यानंतर तिच्या प्रभावशक्तीने सर्व दैत्यांचा निःशेष संहार झाला; आणि पुढे त्रैलोक्याला व्यथा देणारा अंधकही निहत झाला.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then, thereafter
• tataḥ: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्/अनन्तरम्-अर्थे (thereupon/then)

• tasyāḥ: of her
• tasyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• prabhāvena: by (her) power
• prabhāvena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• hatvā: having killed
• hatvā: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: han (धातु) → hatvā (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावः; पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (having slain)

• daityān: the Daityas (demons)
• daityān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• aśeṣataḥ: completely
• aśeṣataḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: aśeṣataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/रीतिवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: entirely, without remainder)

• andhakaḥ: Andhaka
• andhakaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: andhaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; नाम

• nihataḥ: was killed
• nihataḥ: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni√han (धातु) → nihata (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मणि-भावः (was slain)

• paścāt: afterwards
• paścāt: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: paścāt (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (afterwards)

• trailokyavyasanapradaḥ: giver of calamity to the three worlds
• trailokyavyasanapradaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: trailokya (प्रातिपदिक) + vyasana (प्रातिपदिक) + prada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (trailokyasya vyasanaṃ pradāti iti)

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After Devī’s power routs the daityas, Andhaka—source of three-world distress—falls; the scene shifts from battle to cosmic relief and restored harmony.

Characters & Entities

• Kelīśvarī Devī (implied)
• Daityas
• Andhaka
• Three worlds (Trailokya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Evil that disturbs the worlds is ultimately overcome by divine power; devotion aligns one with the restoration of Dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the Kelīśvarī-centered Mahātmya; the precise tīrtha is implied as the locus of her victorious presence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it is a phala-oriented narrative foundation typically used to inspire pilgrimage and worship.