Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

ततस्तौ सुमहायुद्धे संसक्तौ देवदैत्ययौः । धर्माधर्माविवोदग्रौ जगदाश्चर्यकारकौ

Transliteration

tatastau sumahāyuddhe saṃsaktau devadaityayauḥ | dharmādharmāvivodagrau jagadāścaryakārakau

Translation

ထို့နောက် ထိုမဟာစစ်ပွဲတွင် နတ်နှင့် ဒေဝတ (အဆုရ) တို့သည် နီးကပ်စွာ ထိတွေ့တိုက်ခိုက်ကြ၍၊ ဓမ္မနှင့် အဓမ္မ တို့ တိုက်ပွဲတွင် ချုပ်ကပ်နေသကဲ့သို့ ကမ္ဘာလောကအားလုံးကို အံ့ဩစေ하였다။

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरार्थक (then)

• तौ: those two
• तौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), द्विवचन; सर्वनाम

• सुमहायुद्धे: in a very great battle
• सुमहायुद्धे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + महा (प्रातिपदिक) + युद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; ‘अतिमहद् युद्धम्’ इति (very great battle)

• संसक्तौ: engaged, locked (in combat)
• संसक्तौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + √सञ्ज् (धातु) → संसक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), द्विवचन; भूतकृदन्त-क्त (engaged/locked in)

• देवदैत्ययौः: the god and the demon
• देवदैत्ययौः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), द्विवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (the god and the demon)

• धर्माधर्मौ: dharma and adharma
• धर्माधर्मौ: Upamana (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक) + अधर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), द्विवचन; द्वन्द्व (dharma and adharma)

• इव: like
• इव: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमानवाचक (like/as)

• उदग्रौ: lofty, intense
• उदग्रौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उदग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), द्विवचन; विशेषण (lofty/vehement)

• जगत्: of the world
• जगत्: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन (वैकल्पिकं: प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन); अत्र षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषे पूर्वपद (of the world)

• आश्चर्यकारकौ: causing wonder (to the world)
• आश्चर्यकारकौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आश्चर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + कारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), द्विवचन; ‘आश्चर्यं करोति’ इति (causing wonder)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Skanda and Tāraka locked in close combat, weapons flashing; the scene is framed allegorically—light vs shadow, order vs chaos—evoking Dharma and Adharma personified.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda (Deva)
• Tāraka (Daitya)
• Dharma
• Adharma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Human history mirrors a larger metaphysical struggle: dharma and adharma contend, but dharma’s champion ultimately prevails.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific site is mentioned; the focus is the cosmic symbolism of the duel.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.