Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

तेनास्यट सशरं चापं चिच्छेद बलवृत्रहा । अपास्य तद्धनुश्छिन्नं जंभो दानवनंदनः

Transliteration

tenāsyaṭa saśaraṃ cāpaṃ ciccheda balavṛtrahā | apāsya taddhanuśchinnaṃ jaṃbho dānavanaṃdanaḥ

Translation

ด้วยศรนั้น ผู้ปราบวฤตระผู้ทรงพลังได้ฟันคันศรของเขาพร้อมทั้งศรที่พาดอยู่ให้ขาดสะบั้น ครั้นสลัดคันศรที่หักทิ้งแล้ว ชัมภะ—ผู้เป็นที่ชื่นใจของเหล่าทานวะ—ก็เตรียมเข้ารบต่อไป

Word by Word

• तेन: with that (weapon/arrow)
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-रूपम् (instrumental singular of 'tad')

• अस्यट: he hurled/shot
• अस्यट: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस्यट्/अस्यति (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• सशरम्: with arrows (arrow-fitted)
• सशरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स- (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + शर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; समासः—सह-शरम् (having arrows/with arrows)

• चापम्: bow
• चापम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• चिच्छेद: he cut (to pieces)
• चिच्छेद: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: छिद् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• बलवृत्रहा: the mighty slayer of Vṛtra
• बलवृत्रहा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल + वृत्रहन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—बलः (बलवान्) च असौ वृत्रहा

• अपास्य: having cast away
• अपास्य: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अप + अस् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावः; ‘अप-आस्’ = to cast away

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• धनुः: bow
• धनुः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• छिन्नम्: cut/broken
• छिन्नम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: छिद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘cut/broken’

• जंभः: Jambha
• जंभः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जंभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• दानवनंदनः: delight/son of the Dānavas
• दानवनंदनः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव + नन्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—दानवानां नन्दनः

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (Mahēśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra (Vṛtrahan), radiant and armored, releases a decisive arrow that cleaves Jambha’s bow and the nocked shaft; the broken bow falls away as Jambha, proud Dānava prince, recoils and readies himself anew amid a stormy battlefield sky.

Characters & Entities

• Indra (Balavṛtrahā)
• Jambha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma in action is shown as decisive skill and unwavering effort; obstacles (a broken weapon) do not end resolve.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is referenced; the passage is part of a divine–demonic combat narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is narrative and martial.