Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

युगेयुगे च दैत्यानां त्वत्तो नाशोऽभवद्धरे । तथैवाद्येह भीतानां त्वं हि विष्णो सुराश्रयः

Transliteration

yugeyuge ca daityānāṃ tvatto nāśo'bhavaddhare | tathaivādyeha bhītānāṃ tvaṃ hi viṣṇo surāśrayaḥ

Translation

Em cada era, ó Sustentador da terra, os Daityas encontraram destruição por Ti. Assim também hoje, aqui e agora, Tu és o refúgio dos deuses amedrontados, ó Viṣṇu.

Word by Word

• युगे: in an age
• युगे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे सप्तमी (7th) एकवचनम् — Neuter, Locative singular

• युगे: in each age
• युगे: Adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे सप्तमी (7th) एकवचनम्; पुनरुक्ति — Neuter, Locative singular; repetition for distributive sense

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय) — conjunction ‘and’

• दैत्यानाम्: of the Daityas
• दैत्यानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी (6th) बहुवचनम् — Masculine, Genitive plural

• त्वत्तः: from you
• त्वत्तः: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी (5th) एकवचनम् — Ablative singular (pronoun)

• नाशः: destruction
• नाशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st) एकवचनम् — Masculine, Nominative singular

• अभवत्: occurred, happened
• अभवत्: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम् — Imperfect, 3rd person singular

• धरे: O bearer (of the earth)
• धरे: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे सम्बोधन (8th) एकवचनम् — Vocative singular

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — adverb ‘thus/so’

• एव: indeed
• एव: Emphasis particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निश्चयार्थक) — particle ‘indeed/just’

• अद्य: today, now
• अद्य: Kāla-adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक) — adverb ‘today/now’

• इह: here
• इह: Deśa-adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक) — adverb ‘here’

• भीतानाम्: of the frightened (ones)
• भीतानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भीत (प्रातिपदिक; √भी + क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी (6th) बहुवचनम् — Past participle used adjectivally; Genitive plural ‘of the frightened’

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st) एकवचनम् — Nominative singular (pronoun)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Emphasis/Reason particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात) — particle ‘indeed/for’

• विष्णो: O Viṣṇu
• विष्णो: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे सम्बोधन (8th) एकवचनम् — Vocative singular

• सुर: gods
• सुर: Samāsa-aṅga
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रातिपदिक-रूपम्; समासाङ्ग — first member

• आश्रयः: refuge/support
• आश्रयः: Karta (Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st) एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सुराणाम् आश्रयः) — Masculine, Nominative singular; ‘refuge of the gods’

Speaker

Indra (within Nārada’s narration)

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Viṣṇu
• Daityas
• Suras (gods)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Divine repeatedly restores cosmic order; taking refuge (śaraṇāgati) dispels fear.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No location is specified; the verse is universal theology rather than site-glorification.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.