Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 50
Devanagari script
तद्धैर्यमवलंब्येह युध्यध्वमरिभिः सह । सूदयिष्याम्यहं सर्वान्प्रमथान्सह नंदिना
Transliteration
taddhairyamavalaṃbyeha yudhyadhvamaribhiḥ saha | sūdayiṣyāmyahaṃ sarvānpramathānsaha naṃdinā
Translation
‘तद्धैर्यमवलम्ब्येह युध्यध्वम् अरिभिः सह; सूदयिष्याम्यहं सर्वान् प्रमथान् सह नन्दिना।’
Word by Word
तत्that
तत्:
Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Pronoun used adjectivally
धैर्यम्steadfastness
धैर्यम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootधैर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Accusative singular
अवलम्ब्यhaving relied on
अवलम्ब्य:
Purvakala (Prior action)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअव-लम्ब् (धातु) → अवलम्ब्य (कृदन्त)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund) — having relied on
इहhere
इह:
Desha (Place/देश)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइह (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक अव्यय — adverb of place
युध्यध्वम्fight!
युध्यध्वम्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootयुध् (धातु)
Formलोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, बहुवचन, आत्मनेपद — Imperative, 2nd person plural (Ātmanepada)
अरिभिःwith enemies
अरिभिः:
Sahakaraka (Association/सह)
TypeNoun
Rootअरि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन — Instrumental plural
सहwith
सह:
Sahakaraka (Association/सह)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसह (अव्यय)
Formसहार्थक अव्यय/उपपद — ‘with’, governs तृतीया
सूदयिष्यामिI will slay
सूदयिष्यामि:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसूद् (धातु)
Formलृट् (भविष्यत्), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Simple future, 1st person singular
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formउत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन — 1st person pronoun, nominative singular
सर्वान्all
सर्वान्:
Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन — Accusative plural qualifying प्रमथान्
प्रमथान्the Pramathas (Śiva’s attendants)
प्रमथान्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रमथ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन — Accusative plural
सहalong with
सह:
Sahakaraka (Association/सह)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसह (अव्यय)
Formसहार्थक अव्यय/उपपद — ‘with’, governs तृतीया
नन्दिनाwith Nandin
नन्दिना:
Sahakaraka (Association/सह)
TypeNoun
Rootनन्दिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — Instrumental singular
Speaker
Andhaka
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Andhaka rises, weapon lifted, rallying the daityas; behind him banners snap; in the distance, the formidable silhouettes of Pramathas and the white bull-bannered presence of Nandin loom.
Characters & Entities
A
AndhakaP
PramathasN
NandinFAQs
Misguided courage that turns against the divine becomes self-destructive; valor must be governed by dharma.
Not specified in this verse; it remains within the Kāśī-khaṇḍa’s sacred narrative setting.
None.