Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

शक्रोऽपि दानवान्सर्वांस्तया संसिद्धया ततः । मृतान्संजीवयामास दैतेयान्नवभक्षितान्

Transliteration

śakro'pi dānavānsarvāṃstayā saṃsiddhayā tataḥ | mṛtānsaṃjīvayāmāsa daiteyānnavabhakṣitān

Translation

அப்போது சக்ரன் (இந்திரன்) கூட, அந்த सिद्ध சக்தியின் மூலம், இறந்திருந்த எல்லா தானவர்களையும்—புதிதாக விழுங்கப்பட்ட தைத்தியர்களையும்—மீண்டும் உயிர்ப்பித்தான்।

Word by Word

• शक्रः: Śakra (Indra)
• शक्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अप्यर्थक/समुच्चय (also/even)

• दानवान्: the Dānavas
• दानवान्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); बहुवचन

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Karma (Qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; बहुवचन; 'दानवान्' इत्यस्य विशेषण

• तया: by her
• तया: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); एकवचन

• संसिद्धया: (who was) fully accomplished
• संसिद्धया: Karaṇa (Instrument qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संसिद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया; एकवचन; 'तया' इत्यस्य विशेषण (by the accomplished one)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रम/कालवाचक (thereafter)

• मृतान्: dead
• मृतान्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle used adjectivally); पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; बहुवचन; 'दानवान्/दैतेयान्' इत्यस्य विशेषण

• सञ्जीवयामास: revived; brought back to life
• सञ्जीवयामास: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सञ्जीवय् (धातु, causative of √जीव्)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); एकवचन; परस्मैपद; causative (णिच्)

• दैतेयान्: the Daityas
• दैतेयान्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैतेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; बहुवचन

• नवभक्षितान्: newly devoured
• नवभक्षितान्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नव + भक्षित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक); घटकाः: नव (newly) + भक्षित (eaten)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; बहुवचन; 'दैतेयान्' इत्यस्य विशेषण; कर्मधारयः (नवः भक्षितः)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual, within the story)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra stands amid a battlefield or palace court, invoking a perfected power; fallen Dānava bodies stir and rise, life returning as a wave of light passes over them.

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Dānava
• Daitya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The narrative frames divine/boon-born siddhi as capable of restoring life, underscoring the extraordinary potency associated with the sacred account.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The episode supports the broader tīrtha-māhātmya of Nāgara Khaṇḍa (Adhyāya 150), reinforcing the sanctity linked to Kelīśvarī Devī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this verse is narrative, describing the effect of a perfected power (saṃsiddhi).