Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 42
Devanagari script
ततो विनिहते दैत्ये ग्रसने बलनायके । निर्मर्यादमयुध्यंत हरिणा सह दानवाः
Transliteration
tato vinihate daitye grasane balanāyake | nirmaryādamayudhyaṃta hariṇā saha dānavāḥ
Translation
அப்போது வலத்தின் தலைவன் கிரசனன் என்னும் தைத்தியன் வீழ்ந்தபின், தானவர்கள் எல்லைமீறி கட்டுப்பாடின்றி திருமாலுடன் போர் புரிந்தனர்।
Word by Word
tataḥthen, thereafter
tataḥ:
Adhikaraṇa (Context/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (adverb): ‘thereupon/then’
vinihate(when) slain
vinihate:
Adhikaraṇa (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootvi-ni-han (धातु) → vinihata (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular, Masculine/Neuter; ‘when/after (he) was slain’
daityein/when the Daitya (demon)
daitye:
Adhikaraṇa (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootdaitya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular
grasanein/when (the one named) Grasana
grasane:
Adhikaraṇa (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootgrasana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; नाम (proper epithet)
balanāyakein/when the leader of the army
balanāyake:
Adhikaraṇa (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootbala + nāyaka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (बलस्य नायकः), पुंलिङ्ग, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular
nirmaryādamwithout restraint, unboundedly
nirmaryādam:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootnir + maryādā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (adverbially)
ayudhyanfought
ayudhyan:
Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootyudh (धातु)
Formलङ् (Imperfect/past), परस्मैपद, 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन); ‘they fought’
hariṇāwith Hari (Viṣṇu)
hariṇā:
Karaṇa (Instrument/Agent-instrumental/करण)
TypeNoun
Roothari (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular
sahatogether with
saha:
Sahārtha (Association/सहार्थ)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsaha (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (postposition): ‘with’ (takes Instrumental)
dānavāḥthe Dānavas (demons)
dānavāḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdānava (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural
Speaker
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: After the fall of the mighty daitya leader Grasana, the dānavas surge forward in a lawless, boundary-breaking charge against Hari, filling the battlefield with tumult and dust.
Characters & Entities
G
GrasanaH
Hari (Viṣṇu)D
DānavasFAQs
When adharma loses guidance, it becomes reckless; lack of moral boundaries accelerates downfall.
No holy site is praised here; this is a continuation of the combat narrative.
None stated.