Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

चतुर्दशसहस्राणि जवेन निहता रणे । तेनेदं शासनं दत्तमक्षयं न कथं भवेत्

Transliteration

caturdaśasahasrāṇi javena nihatā raṇe | tenedaṃ śāsanaṃ dattamakṣayaṃ na kathaṃ bhavet

Translation

สิบสี่พันถูกสังหารอย่างรวดเร็วในสนามรบ เมื่อพระองค์ผู้ยิ่งใหญ่ประทานพระบัญชานี้แล้ว ไฉนจะไม่เป็นอมตะไม่เสื่อมสูญเล่า

Word by Word

• चतुर्दश-सहस्राणि: fourteen thousand (men)
• चतुर्दश-सहस्राणि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्दश (संख्याशब्द-प्रातिपदिक) + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; द्विगु-समासः (चतुर्दश सहस्राणि)

• जवेन: with speed
• जवेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

• निहताः: were slain
• निहताः: Kriya (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निहत (कृदन्त; नि-√हन् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• तेन: therefore / by that
• तेन: Hetu/Karana (Cause/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; हेतु/करणार्थे ‘therefore/by that’

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदं (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अत्र द्वितीया (कर्म)

• शासनम्: command/edict
• शासनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शासन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अत्र द्वितीया (कर्म)

• दत्तम्: given
• दत्तम्: Kriya (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दत्त (कृदन्त; √दा (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; ‘शासनम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• अक्षयम्: imperishable
• अक्षयम्: Karma (Object-complement/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ (नञ्) + क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; नञ्-तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारयभावः (न क्षयः यस्य तत्)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha/Avyaya (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात (negation)

• कथम्: how
• कथम्: Sambandha/Avyaya (Interrogative/प्रश्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रश्नार्थक क्रियाविशेषण (interrogative adverb)

• भवेत्: could be / would become
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narratorial voice within Dharmāraṇyakhaṇḍa (context speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya (implied by section)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma amid a vast battlefield, arrows like rain; the defeated host scattered. Above the scene, a symbolic palm-leaf charter glows, signifying the imperishable ordinance grounded in his victory.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Śāsana (dharma-ordinance)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A dharmic ordinance established by a righteous protector is portrayed as enduring (akṣaya), carrying lasting religious authority.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Dharmāraṇya setting is implicitly glorified through the claim of an ‘imperishable’ dharma-śāsana associated with the region’s sacred order.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse does not prescribe a specific ritual; it asserts the permanence of a dharma-related decree.