Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

एते चान्ये च बहवो दैत्याः क्रोधसमन्विताः । महता रथघोषेण निर्ययुर्युद्धकांक्षिणः

Transliteration

ete cānye ca bahavo daityāḥ krodhasamanvitāḥ | mahatā rathaghoṣeṇa niryayuryuddhakāṃkṣiṇaḥ

Translation

ਇਹ ਅਤੇ ਹੋਰ ਅਨੇਕ ਦੈਤ੍ਯ ਕ੍ਰੋਧ ਨਾਲ ਭਰੇ ਹੋਏ, ਰਥਾਂ ਦੀ ਮਹਾਨ ਗੂੰਜ ਨਾਲ, ਯੁੱਧ ਦੀ ਲਾਲਸਾ ਕਰਦੇ ਹੋਏ ਨਿਕਲ ਪਏ।

Word by Word

• एते: these
• एते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

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

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

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

• बहवः: many
• बहवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• दैत्याः: Daityas (demons)
• दैत्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• क्रोध-समन्विताः: endowed with anger
• क्रोध-समन्विताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रोध (प्रातिपदिक) + समन्वित (कृदन्त; सम्+अन्वि/इ √इ (धातु) से)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त/क्त (past participle) अर्थे ‘युक्त/समेत’

• महता: with great
• महता: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषण

• रथ-घोषेण: with the noise of chariots
• रथ-घोषेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ (प्रातिपदिक) + घोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• निर्ययुः: went out, sallied forth
• निर्ययुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि: + √या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• युद्ध-काङ्क्षिणः: desiring battle
• युद्ध-काङ्क्षिणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युद्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + काङ्क्षिन् (कृदन्त; √काङ्क्ष् (धातु) से ‘इच्छुक’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; वर्तमानकृदन्त/णिनि-प्रत्ययान्त (desiderative agentive)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sweeping battlefield departure: countless Daityas surge forward, chariots thundering, dust clouds rising, weapons lifted; faces contorted with rage, the sound of wheels dominating the scene.

Characters & Entities

• Daityas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Anger (krodha) drives beings toward conflict; Purāṇic dharma repeatedly warns that krodha destroys merit and clarity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, as the sacred setting of the Māhātmya, forms the backdrop where adharma’s forces assemble.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse emphasizes the emotional impulse (anger) behind the march to war.