Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

तस्यासन्दानवा रौद्रा गजस्य परिरक्षिणः । सप्तविंशतिकोट्यश्च किरीटकवचोज्जवलाः

Transliteration

tasyāsandānavā raudrā gajasya parirakṣiṇaḥ | saptaviṃśatikoṭyaśca kirīṭakavacojjavalāḥ

Translation

มีบริวารทานวะผู้ดุร้ายเป็นผู้พิทักษ์ช้างนั้น จำนวนยี่สิบเจ็ดโกฏิ ส่องประกายด้วยมงกุฎและเกราะอันรุ่งเรือง

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (genitive singular: of him/its)

• आसन्: were
• आसन्: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकारः (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect), प्रथम-पुरुषः, बहुवचनम्; परस्मैपदम् (they were)

• दानवाः: demons
• दानवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम् (nominative plural masculine)

• रौद्राः: fierce
• रौद्राः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रौद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (nominative plural masculine)

• गजस्य: of the elephant
• गजस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम् (genitive singular masculine)

• परिरक्षिणः: guards/protectors
• परिरक्षिणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परि-रक्षिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम् (nominative plural masculine)

• सप्तविंशतिकोट्यः: twenty-seven crores (in number)
• सप्तविंशतिकोट्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्तविंशति + कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम् (nominative plural feminine); संख्यासमासः (Dvigu)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; समुच्चयार्थक-निपातः (conjunction: and)

• किरीटकवचोज्जवलाः: shining with helmets and armor
• किरीटकवचोज्जवलाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: किरीट + कवच + उज्ज्वल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (nominative plural masculine)

Speaker

Nārada (continuing context from 20.1)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Behind the great elephant stand innumerable fierce Dānava guards—an ocean of helmets and armor catching light, forming a glittering wall of menace.

Characters & Entities

• Dānavas
• Elephant (war-mount)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Magnitude and martial splendor do not equal righteousness; the Purāṇa highlights how adharma can appear powerful yet remains spiritually hollow.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None mentioned.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.