Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

ततः समभवद्युद्धं गणानां दानवैः सह । परस्परं महारौद्रं मृत्युं कृत्वा निवर्तनम्

Transliteration

tataḥ samabhavadyuddhaṃ gaṇānāṃ dānavaiḥ saha | parasparaṃ mahāraudraṃ mṛtyuṃ kṛtvā nivartanam

Translation

ထို့နောက် ဂဏများနှင့် ဒာနဝတို့အကြား စစ်ပွဲ ဖြစ်ပွားလာ၏။ အပြန်အလှန် အလွန်ကြမ်းတမ်း၍ နောက်ဆုတ်ခြင်း၏ တန်ဖိုးကို သေခြင်းဖြင့် ချမှတ်ထားသကဲ့သို့ ဖြစ်၏။

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तदनन्तरं (thereupon)

• समभवत्: arose/occurred
• समभवत्: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• युद्धम्: battle
• युद्धम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• गणानाम्: of the gaṇas
• गणानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• दानवैः: with the Dānavas
• दानवैः: Sahakari (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण-सह), बहुवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakari (Association/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक (with)

• परस्परम्: mutually
• परस्परम्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परस्पर (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (mutually)

• महारौद्रम्: very fierce/terrible
• महारौद्रम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा (उपसर्गसदृश-पूर्वपद) + रौद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (युद्धम्/मृत्युम् इत्यस्य)

• मृत्युम्: death
• मृत्युम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृत्यु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• कृत्वा: having made/causing
• कृत्वा: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/Adverbial action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कृत्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having made/caused)

• निवर्तनम्: retreat/turning back
• निवर्तनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नि + वृत् (धातु) → निवर्तन (प्रातिपदिक/भाव)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; भाववाचक (turning back/retreat)

Speaker

Deductive (Nāgara Khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa speaking to sages)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gaṇas and Dānavas collide in a mutually terrifying melee; the battlefield is dense with motion—maces, spears, and swirling dust—each side treating death as the price of retreat.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva’s gaṇas
• Dānavas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma-struggle can be fierce; steadfastness is praised, but violence is framed as the consequence of entrenched adharma.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it supports the chapter’s larger sacred setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.