Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

तदर्थं दशसाहस्रा दानवा युद्ध दुर्मदाः । कुंतप्रासकरा भानुं रुंधन्त्युद्गतकार्मुकाः

Transliteration

tadarthaṃ daśasāhasrā dānavā yuddha durmadāḥ | kuṃtaprāsakarā bhānuṃ ruṃdhantyudgatakārmukāḥ

Translation

Untuk tujuan itu, sepuluh ribu Dānava—mabuk oleh perang—bersenjatakan tombak dan lembing, mengangkat busur, lalu menghalang Surya, Sang Matahari.

Word by Word

• तदर्थम्: for that purpose
• तदर्थम्: Hetu (Purpose/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (हेतुवाचक/adverbial: for that purpose); तत् + अर्थ

• दशसाहस्राः: ten thousand (in number)
• दशसाहस्राः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: daśa (प्रातिपदिक) + sāhasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; द्विगु-समास (ten-thousand)

• दानवाः: Dānavas (demons)
• दानवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• युद्धम्: battle, war
• युद्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• दुर्मदाः: arrogant, maddened
• दुर्मदाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: durmada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• कुंतप्रासकराः: bearing spears and javelins
• कुंतप्रासकराः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kuṃta (प्रातिपदिक) + prāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + kara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहि: ‘having spears and javelins in hand’

• भानुम्: the sun
• भानुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhānu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• रुंधन्ति: they obstruct, block
• रुंधन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √rudh (रुध् धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• उद्गतकार्मुकाः: with upraised bows
• उद्गतकार्मुकाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: udgata (कृदन्त; उद्-√gam) + kārmuka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहि: ‘whose bows are raised/upraised’

Speaker

Deva (likely Śiva) speaking to Devī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sandhyā (implied as the liminal result of solar obstruction)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sureśvarī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Ten thousand battle-maddened Dānavas with spears and javelins, bows raised, block the Sun—an epic celestial siege producing darkness and fear.

Characters & Entities

• Dānava
• Bhānu (Sun)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When adharmic conflict rises, even cosmic lights are symbolically ‘blocked’; the verse frames disorder as an assault on the world’s sustaining rhythms.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; the verse is mythic-cosmological background within the Tīrthamāhātmya flow.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; the context relates to yajña-order and its disruption, which traditionally affects timing of rites connected to the Sun.