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Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 171

स तानचिंत्य दैत्येंद्रो देवबाणक्षतान्हृदि । बाणैर्व्योम दिशः पृथ्वीं पूरयामास दानवः

sa tānaciṃtya daityeṃdro devabāṇakṣatānhṛdi | bāṇairvyoma diśaḥ pṛthvīṃ pūrayāmāsa dānavaḥ

แต่จอมทัพไทตยะผู้นั้นมิได้หวั่นไหว แม้ถูกศรของเทวะปักแทงถึงดวงใจ เขาก็ยังระดมศรของตนให้ท่วมฟ้า ทิศทั้งหลาย และแผ่นดิน

सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
तान्them
तान्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम
अचिन्त्यhaving not considered / disregarding
अचिन्त्य:
Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअ-√चिन्त् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)
दैत्येन्द्रःlord of the Daityas
दैत्येन्द्रः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदैत्य (प्रातिपदिक) + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (दैत्यानाम् इन्द्रः)
देवबाणक्षतान्wounded by the gods' arrows
देवबाणक्षतान्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक) + बाण (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (देवानां बाणैः क्षताः) 'तान्' इत्यस्य विशेषणम्
हृदिin the heart
हृदि:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootहृद्/हृदय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन
बाणैःwith arrows
बाणैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootबाण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन
व्योमthe sky
व्योम:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootव्योमन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
दिशःthe directions
दिशः:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootदिश् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन
पृथ्वीम्the earth
पृथ्वीम्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपृथ्वी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
पूरयामासfilled
पूरयामास:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√पॄ/पूर् (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; नामधातु-प्रयोगवत् (intensive/causative sense: 'filled')
दानवःthe demon
दानवः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदानव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; दैत्येन्द्रस्य विशेषण/अपपद

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced: Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narration to sages)

Scene: Tāraka, wounded yet fearless, draws and releases countless arrows; the sky darkens with shafts like a storm, filling all directions and raining upon earth; devas brace behind shields amid a tempest of missiles.

D
Daityendra (Tāraka)
D
Deva

FAQs

Adharma may display terrifying force and endurance, yet it is ultimately a test that calls forth steadfastness and divine resolve.

No tīrtha is mentioned; the focus is the cosmic battle episode.

None.