Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 63
Devanagari script
जंभकश्चैव सप्तत्या शुंभो दशभिरेव च । शेषा दैत्ये श्वराः सव विष्णुमेकैकशः शरैः
Transliteration
jaṃbhakaścaiva saptatyā śuṃbho daśabhireva ca | śeṣā daitye śvarāḥ sava viṣṇumekaikaśaḥ śaraiḥ
Translation
ชัมภกะยิงศรเจ็ดสิบดอก และศุมภะยิงเพียงสิบดอก ส่วนเจ้าแห่งทานวะที่เหลือก็ผลัดกันเข้าประทุษร้ายพระวิษณุด้วยศรของตนทีละคน
Word by Word
जम्भकःJambhaka
जम्भकः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootjaṃbhaka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्
चand
च:
Connector (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्ययम् (conjunction)
एवindeed
एव:
Emphasis (अवधारण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
Formअवधारण-अव्ययम् (emphasis)
सप्तत्याwith seventy
सप्तत्या:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootsaptati (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; संख्या-शब्दः
शुम्भःŚumbha
शुम्भः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootśuṃbha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्
दशभिःwith ten
दशभिः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootdaśa (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
Formतृतीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; संख्या-शब्दः
एवindeed
एव:
Emphasis (अवधारण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
Formअवधारण-अव्ययम्
चand
च:
Connector (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्ययम्
शेषाःthe rest
शेषाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (others/remaining)
दैत्य-ईश्वराःlords of the demons
दैत्य-ईश्वराः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdaitya + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (दैत्यानाम् ईश्वराः)
सर्वेall
सर्वे:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; दैत्य-ईश्वराः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्
विष्णुम्Viṣṇu
विष्णुम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootviṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्
एकैकशःone by one
एकैकशः:
Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteka-eka-śas (अव्यय)
Formवितरणार्थक-अव्ययम् (distributive adverb): ‘one by one’; अव्ययीभाव-समासः
शरैःwith arrows
शरैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootśara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्
Speaker
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced from Māheśvara-khaṇḍa context)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Jambhaka strikes with seventy arrows, Śumbha with ten, and the remaining daitya lords attack one by one—forming a rotating ring of assailants around Viṣṇu, arrows arcing in layered trajectories.
Characters & Entities
V
ViṣṇuJ
JambhakaŚ
ŚumbhaD
DaityasD
DānavasFAQs
Adharma often gathers strength through numbers, yet the righteous remain unshaken when aligned with divine order.
No holy site is mentioned in this verse.
None.