Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 83
Devanagari script
ततो वज्रेण महता दानवानवधीद्रणे । शिरसि च्छेदिताः केचित्केचित्कंधरतो हताः
Transliteration
tato vajreṇa mahatā dānavānavadhīdraṇe | śirasi ccheditāḥ kecitkecitkaṃdharato hatāḥ
Translation
จากนั้น ด้วยวัชระอันทรงพลัง พระองค์ทรงสังหารเหล่าดานพในสมรภูมิ บางตนถูกตัดศีรษะ และบางตนถูกฟันที่คอ
Word by Word
ततःthen
ततः:
Adhikarana (Discourse sequence/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formक्रम/हेतुवाचक-अव्यय (then/thereupon)
वज्रेणwith the thunderbolt
वज्रेण:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootवज्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन
महताgreat, mighty
महता:
Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (वज्रेण)
दानवान्Dānavas (demons)
दानवान्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootदानव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), बहुवचन
अवधीत्slew
अवधीत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअव+हन् (धातु)
Formलङ्-लकार (imperfect/past), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
रणेin battle
रणे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootरण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन
शिरसिon the head
शिरसि:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootशिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन
च्छेदिताःcut off
च्छेदिताः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootछिद् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; (दानवाः) इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्
केचित्some
केचित्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; अनिश्चितवाचक सर्वनाम (some)
केचित्others (some)
केचित्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; अनिश्चितवाचक सर्वनाम (some)
कन्धरतःfrom the neck
कन्धरतः:
Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootकन्धरा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन; ‘from the neck/shoulder-region’
हताःkilled
हताः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootहन् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
Speaker
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedārakṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Indra hurls or wields the blazing vajra; dānavas fall in waves—some beheaded, others struck at the neck—amid dust, lightning, and shattered armor.
Characters & Entities
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IndraD
DānavasFAQs
Unchecked adharma collapses under the force of divine law; violence is portrayed as consequence, not ideal.
Kedāra-kṣetra is the section’s sacred setting; the verse itself is part of its purāṇic history.
None.