Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

हते त्वयि दुराधर्षे मया दैवतकंटके । स्वंस्वं स्थानं प्रपद्यंतां सिद्धा साध्या मरुद्गणाः

Transliteration

hate tvayi durādharṣe mayā daivatakaṃṭake | svaṃsvaṃ sthānaṃ prapadyaṃtāṃ siddhā sādhyā marudgaṇāḥ

Translation

“เมื่อเจ้าผู้ปราบยาก ผู้เป็นหนามแก่เหล่าเทวะ ถูกเราสังหารแล้ว ขอให้เหล่าสิทธะ สาธยะ และหมู่มรุต จงกลับคืนสู่สถานของตน ๆ”

Word by Word

• हते: when (you are) slain
• हते: Adhikaraṇa (Locative absolute/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु) → हत (कृदन्त/क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘त्वयि हते’ = ‘when you are slain’

• त्वयि: in you; when you
• त्वयि: Adhikaraṇa (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी, एकवचन

• दुराधर्षे: O hard-to-attack one
• दुराधर्षे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुराधर्ष (प्रातिपदिक: दुर् + आधर्ष)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; ‘दुराधर्षः’ = hard to assail

• मया: by me
• मया: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया, एकवचन

• दैवतकण्टके: O thorn to the gods
• दैवतकण्टके: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैवतकण्टक (प्रातिपदिक: दैवत + कण्टक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; ‘दैवतानां कण्टकः’ (thorn/menace to the gods)

• स्वम्: one’s own
• स्वम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; (qualifying ‘स्थानम्’)

• स्वम्: each (one’s) own
• स्वम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (each his own)

• स्थानम्: place; station
• स्थानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• प्रपद्यन्ताम्: let them attain; let them return
• प्रपद्यन्ताम्: Kriyā (Injunctive/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-पद् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/benedictive sense), तृतीयपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

• सिद्धाः: the Siddhas
• सिद्धाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• साध्याः: the Sādhyas
• साध्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• मरुद्गणाः: the hosts of Maruts
• मरुद्गणाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरुद्गण (प्रातिपदिक: मरुत् + गण)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘मरुतां गणाः’

Speaker

Devī (continuing speech contextually from the prior verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setukṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis / tīrtha audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī declares that once Mahīṣāsura is slain, Siddhas, Sādhyas, and Maruts will return to their abodes—cosmic calm after storm.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Siddhas
• Sādhyas
• Maruts
• Mahīṣāsura

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The defeat of adharma restores cosmic harmony; divine victory is not merely conquest but re-establishment of rightful stations and duties.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu is the overarching sacred context; the narrative elevates the Setu region as a place resonant with restoration of dharma.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None stated; the verse expresses the post-victory restoration of divine order.