Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

जित्वा शक्रं महासंख्ये यज्ञांशाञ्जगृहे स्वयम् । गत्वाऽमरावतीं दैत्यो निःसार्य च शतक्रतुम् । स्ववर्गेण समोपेतः स्वर्गं समहरत्तदा

Transliteration

jitvā śakraṃ mahāsaṃkhye yajñāṃśāñjagṛhe svayam | gatvā'marāvatīṃ daityo niḥsārya ca śatakratum | svavargeṇa samopetaḥ svargaṃ samaharattadā

Translation

ମହାସଂଗ୍ରାମରେ ଶକ୍ରକୁ ଜିତି ସେ ନିଜେ ଯଜ୍ଞଭାଗଗୁଡ଼ିକ ଗ୍ରହଣ କଲା। ପରେ ଦାନବ ଅମରାବତୀକୁ ଯାଇ ଶତକ୍ରତୁ (ଇନ୍ଦ୍ର)କୁ ବାହାର କରି, ନିଜ ଅନୁଚରବର୍ଗ ସହିତ, ସେ ସମୟରେ ସ୍ୱର୍ଗକୁ ଅଧିକାର କଲା।

Word by Word

• jitvā: having conquered
• jitvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial to main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ji (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (prior action)

• śakram: Śakra (Indra)
• śakram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• mahāsaṃkhye: in the great battle
• mahāsaṃkhye: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃkhyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; अधिकरण (place/occasion)

• yajñāṃśān: shares of the sacrifice
• yajñāṃśān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yajña (प्रातिपदिक) + aṃśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन

• jagṛhe: seized/took
• jagṛhe: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: grah (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• svayam: himself
• svayam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: svayam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आत्मवाचक/स्वयम् (emphatic ‘himself’)

• gatvā: having gone
• gatvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• amarāvatīm: Amarāvatī
• amarāvatīm: Karma (Goal as object/गन्तव्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: amarāvatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• daityaḥ: the demon
• daityaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• niḥsārya: having driven out
• niḥsārya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nir-√sṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); उपसर्ग: निः; ‘expelling/driving out’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• śatakratum: Śatakratu (Indra)
• śatakratum: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śata (प्रातिपदिक) + kratu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; इन्द्रस्य उपाधि

• svavargeṇa: with his own group
• svavargeṇa: Karaṇa/Sahakārī (Instrument/Accompaniment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + varga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• samopetaḥ: accompanied/attended
• samopetaḥ: Karta (as qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-upa-√i (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘युक्त/समन्वित’

• svargam: heaven
• svargam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svarga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• samaharat: carried off/removed
• samaharat: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√hṛ (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kālādhi-karaṇa (Time adjunct)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

Speaker

Narrator (exact speaker not explicit in this snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Amarāvatī (conceptual deva-kshetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast battlefield; Andhaka defeats Indra, seizes yajña portions, marches into Amarāvatī, expels Indra, and enthrones himself amid asura hosts in heaven.

Characters & Entities

• Andhaka
• Śakra (Indra)
• Amarāvatī
• Śatakratu (Indra)
• Daitya/Dānava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When adharma disrupts the rightful order—symbolized by seizing yajña-portions—cosmic balance is shaken, calling for divine restoration.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse names Amarāvatī (Indra’s celestial city), but it is not presented here as a pilgrimage tīrtha; it functions as narrative setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No prescription; it refers to yajñāṃśa (sacrificial shares) as a theological marker of divine entitlement and dharmic order.