Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 14
Devanagari script
चक्रुर्गाढतरं यत्नमावृण्वाना हरिं शरैः । चिच्छेदाथ धनुर्ज्यां च निमिर्भल्लेन दानवः
Transliteration
cakrurgāḍhataraṃ yatnamāvṛṇvānā hariṃ śaraiḥ | cicchedātha dhanurjyāṃ ca nimirbhallena dānavaḥ
Translation
พวกเขาเร่งความพยายามยิ่งขึ้น โปรยศรดุจห่าฝนครอบคลุมพระหริ แล้วทานวะนิมิก็ตัดสายคันศรด้วยศรหัวกว้าง
Word by Word
चक्रुःthey did/made
चक्रुः:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद
गाढतरम्more intense
गाढतरम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootगाढ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तर्हि-प्रत्यय (तुलनात्मक/Comparative) विशेषण (to yatnam)
यत्नम्effort
यत्नम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootयत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन
आवृण्वानाःcovering/surrounding
आवृण्वानाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootआ-√वृ (धातु) + शतृ (कृदन्त)
Formवर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (to implied subject: dānavāḥ)
हरिम्Hari (Viṣṇu)
हरिम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootहरि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन
शरैःwith arrows
शरैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootशर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन
चिच्छेदcut (off)
चिच्छेद:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootछिद् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद
अथthen
अथ:
Sambandha (Sequence)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ (अव्यय)
Formअनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (then/thereupon)
धनुःज्याम्the bowstring
धनुःज्याम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootधनुस् (प्रातिपदिक) + ज्या (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (धनुषः ज्या), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
निमिःNimi (a demon/warrior named Nimi)
निमिः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनिमि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन
भल्लेनwith a bhalla-arrow (broad-headed arrow)
भल्लेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootभल्ल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन
दानवःthe demon
दानवः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदानव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन; निमेः विशेषण/अप्पोज़िशन
Speaker
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Daityas intensify, showering Hari with arrows like a dark cloud; Nimi’s broad-headed shaft slices the bowstring—bow slackens, a momentary stillness amid chaos.
Characters & Entities
H
HariN
NimiD
DānavasFAQs
Obstacles may temporarily disrupt righteous power, yet dharma’s champion adapts and continues the protection of order.
No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.
None.