Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

यक्षाणां पंचलक्षाणि किंनराणां तथैव च । जघ्ने पिशाचमुख्यानां सप्तलक्षाणि निर्भयः

Transliteration

yakṣāṇāṃ paṃcalakṣāṇi kiṃnarāṇāṃ tathaiva ca | jaghne piśācamukhyānāṃ saptalakṣāṇi nirbhayaḥ

Translation

यक्षाणां पञ्चलक्षाणि किंनराणां तथैव च। पिशाचमुख्यानां सप्तलक्षाणि जघ्ने निर्भयः॥

Word by Word

• यक्षाणाम्: of Yakṣas
• यक्षाणाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठī)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• पञ्च-लक्षाणि: five lakhs
• पञ्च-लक्षाणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च (संख्या) + लक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; द्विगु-समासः (पञ्च लक्षाणि)

• किंनराणाम्: of Kiṃnaras
• किंनराणाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठī)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किंनर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थक (adverb: likewise)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (particle: indeed/just)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• जघ्ने: slew
• जघ्ने: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पिशाच-मुख्यानाम्: of the chief Piśācas
• पिशाच-मुख्यानाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठī)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिशाच (प्रातिपदिक) + मुख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पिशाचानां मुख्यानाम् = of the chief Piśācas)

• सप्त-लक्षाणि: seven lakhs
• सप्त-लक्षाणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्त (संख्या) + लक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; द्विगु-समासः

• निर्भयः: fearless
• निर्भयः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्भय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणं (कर्ता-विशेषण)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grim census of destruction: Yakṣas with treasure-guardian iconography, Kinnaras with human-animal hybrid traits and musical associations, and Piśācas with gaunt forms—shown falling before an unflinching Kālanemi.

Characters & Entities

• Kālanemi
• Yakṣa
• Kinnara
• Piśāca

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇas portray the scale of calamity caused by adharma so that devotion and dharmic solidarity are seen as essential safeguards.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No sacred site is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.