Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

ततः समभवद्युद्धं देवदानवसंकुलम् । देवदानवयक्षाणां सन्निपातकरं महत्

Transliteration

tataḥ samabhavadyuddhaṃ devadānavasaṃkulam | devadānavayakṣāṇāṃ sannipātakaraṃ mahat

Translation

แล้วก็เกิดมหาสงครามอันแน่นขนัดด้วยเทวะและทานวะ เป็นการประจันบานใหญ่ที่รวบรวมเทวะ ทานวะ และยักษ์ให้ปะทะกันในความอลหม่านเดียว

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kāla/Hetu-adhikaraṇa (Temporal/causal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (ततः=तस्मात्/thereupon; adverb)

• samabhavat: arose / happened
• samabhavat: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam + bhū (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत/imperfect), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd), एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्

• yuddham: battle
• yuddham: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचनम्

• deva-dānava-saṃkulam: crowded with gods and dānavas
• deva-dānava-saṃkulam: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: deva + dānava + saṃkula (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (देवैः दानवैश्च संकुलम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• deva-dānava-yakṣāṇām: of gods, dānavas, and yakṣas
• deva-dānava-yakṣāṇām: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva + dānava + yakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्वसमास, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचनम्

• sannipāta-karam: causing a great clash/assembly
• sannipāta-karam: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sannipāta + kara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (सन्निपातं करोति इति), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• mahat: great
• mahat: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचनम्; विशेषणम्

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A wide-angle vision of the battlefield: devas, dānavas, and yakṣas packed together in a single heaving collision—standards, chariots, and supernatural beings intermingled in a roaring mass.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Dānavas
• Yakṣas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic history frames cosmic conflict as a moral arena where forces aligned with dharma and adharma collide, revealing the consequences of collective intent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra-khaṇḍa situates the account within Kedārakṣetra’s sacred landscape, though this particular verse does not name a tīrtha explicitly.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a scene-setting verse describing the scale of the battle.