Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मलोकात्समाजग्मुः पीडिता दैत्यदानवैः

Transliteration

brahmalokātsamājagmuḥ pīḍitā daityadānavaiḥ

Translation

दैत्यदानवैः पीडिताः ते ब्रह्मलोकात् समाजग्मुः।

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मलोकात्: from Brahmaloka
• ब्रह्मलोकात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ब्रह्मणः लोकः)

• समाजग्मुः: came together/arrived
• समाजग्मुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपदी, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

• पीडिताः: afflicted, tormented
• पीडिताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पीडित (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; भूतकर्मणि-विशेषण (past passive participle used adjectivally)

• दैत्यदानवैः: by the Daityas and Dānavas
• दैत्यदानवैः: Karana (Agent in passive/Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक) + दानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; समासः—द्वन्द्व (इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व: दैत्याश्च दानवाश्च)

Speaker

Narrator (within Brahma–Nārada-saṃvāda context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Brahmaloka (as narrative origin-point)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nārada

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A somber departure: devas, harried by daityas and dānavas, stream out from the radiant precincts of Brahmaloka, their faces shadowed, moving as a displaced host toward the next sanctuary.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmaloka
• Daityas
• Dānavas
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even celestial status does not shield one from the fruits of adharma’s rise; refuge is sought through rightful divine assistance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is transitional; the wider adhyāya moves toward Mandara and the Śiva-centered sacred landscape connected to Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.