Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

तथैवैकदिनं युद्ध्वा शल्ये च निधनं गते । अष्टादशदिने तत्र रणे दुर्योधने द्विजाः

Transliteration

tathaivaikadinaṃ yuddhvā śalye ca nidhanaṃ gate | aṣṭādaśadine tatra raṇe duryodhane dvijāḥ

Translation

Demikian juga setelah bertempur hanya sehari, tatkala Śalya pun menemui ajal—wahai para brāhmaṇa, pada hari kelapan belas di medan itu, ketika Duryodhana jatuh dalam pertempuran—

Word by Word

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• एकदिनम्: for one day
• एकदिनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक) + दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः

• युद्ध्वा: having fought
• युद्ध्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: युध् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (absolutive/gerund), ‘having fought’

• शल्ये: when Śalya (was...)
• शल्ये: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• निधनम्: death
• निधनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निधन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• गते: having gone (to)
• गते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘when (he) had gone’

• अष्टादशदिने: on the eighteenth day
• अष्टादशदिने: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्टादश (प्रातिपदिक) + दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दुर्योधने: when Duryodhana (was...)
• दुर्योधने: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्योधन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी

• द्विजाः: O brāhmaṇas
• द्विजाः: Sambodhana/Address (Vocative sense/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kurukṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Final war-day imagery: Śalya falls after a single day’s fighting; on the eighteenth day Duryodhana’s end approaches—dusty field, exhausted armies, ominous sky.

Characters & Entities

• Śalya
• Duryodhana
• Brāhmaṇas
• Mahābhārata war

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The closing of the war narrative highlights impermanence of power and prepares the mind for dharmic atonement and sacred travel themes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None is named here; the Setukhaṇḍa’s larger frame later connects such aftermath to tīrtha-based purification.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.