Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 88

Devanagari script

एवमन्योन्यमाकृष्य युध्यमानौ जयेच्छया । ततः परिघमादाय आयसं दैत्यपुंगवः

Transliteration

evamanyonyamākṛṣya yudhyamānau jayecchayā | tataḥ parighamādāya āyasaṃ daityapuṃgavaḥ

Translation

ดังนี้ทั้งสองต่างฉุดกระชากกันและรบด้วยความใคร่ชัยชนะ; แล้วจอมอสูรจึงคว้ากระบองเหล็ก (ปริฆะ) ขึ้นมา

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = adverb "thus"

• anyonyam: each other
• anyonyam: Karman (Reciprocal object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anyonya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे परस्परम् = "each other" (reciprocal object)

• ākṛṣya: having pulled
• ākṛṣya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√kṛṣ (कृष्) (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) = having pulled/drawn; अव्ययभाव

• yudhyamānau: the two (were) fighting
• yudhyamānau: Karta (Subject, dual)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yudh (युध्) (धातु)
• Form: शतृ/शानच्-प्रत्यय (वर्तमानकाले शानच्), प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन, पुंलिङ्ग = present middle participle: "(the two) fighting"

• jayecchayā: with desire for victory
• jayecchayā: Hetu/Karaṇa (Cause/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jaya + icchā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन = Instrumental singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (jayasya icchayā)

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = "then"

• parigham: an iron club/bar
• parigham: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parigha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन = Accusative singular

• ādāya: having taken
• ādāya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√dā (दा) (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) = having taken

• āyasam: made of iron
• āyasam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: āyasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन = Accusative singular; विशेषण of parigham

• daityapuṃgavaḥ: the foremost of the Daityas
• daityapuṃgavaḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya + puṃgava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन = Nominative singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (daityānāṃ puṃgavaḥ)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not explicit in this snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The daitya and the Goddess close in, pulling and grappling; the daitya then lifts an iron parigha (club/bar) with brute force, preparing a crushing strike.

Characters & Entities

• Daityapuṅgava (chief Daitya)
• Devī (implied opponent)
• Parigha (iron club)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Victory-seeking aggression escalates conflict; dharma narratives show how force is met and ultimately restrained by divine order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya as a sacred forest-region forms the backdrop; the verse itself does not name a particular tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse narrates combat and weapon-taking.