Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

मा दैत्य प्रविजानीहि यन्नष्टस्त्रिदशाधिपः । एष नागो रणं हित्वा विवशो याति मे बलात्

Transliteration

mā daitya pravijānīhi yannaṣṭastridaśādhipaḥ | eṣa nāgo raṇaṃ hitvā vivaśo yāti me balāt

Translation

“โอ้ไทตยะ อย่าคิดว่าจอมแห่งทวยเทพได้พินาศแล้ว ช้างนี้ละทิ้งสมรภูมิ ถูกอำนาจของเราขับไล่ไปอย่างหมดหนทาง”

Word by Word

• mā: do not
• mā: Pratiṣedha (Prohibition marker/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: mā (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (prohibitive particle: do not)

• daitya: O Daitya
• daitya: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th case/vocative), एकवचन

• pravijānīhi: know/understand
• pravijānīhi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + vijñā (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

• yat: that (fact)
• yat: Karma (Object of knowing/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun: that/which)

• naṣṭaḥ: lost/vanished
• naṣṭaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: naṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त from naś)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त (past participle)

• tridaśādhipaḥ: lord of the gods (Indra)
• tridaśādhipaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tridaśa + adhipa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (tridaśānām adhipaḥ)

• eṣaḥ: this
• eṣaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; निर्देशार्थक (demonstrative pronoun)

• nāgaḥ: elephant
• nāgaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• raṇam: battle
• raṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: raṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• hitvā: having left
• hitvā: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: hā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having abandoned’

• vivaśaḥ: helpless/overpowered
• vivaśaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vivaśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• yāti: goes
• yāti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• me: my
• me: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th case/genitive), एकवचन; ‘of me/my’

• balāt: from (my) force
• balāt: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Ablative source/हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th case/ablative), एकवचन; हेतौ/कारणार्थे (because of/from force)

Speaker

Indra (Śakra, Tridaśādhipa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra addresses the Daitya directly, declaring the gods’ lord is not destroyed; the elephant (nāga) is shown retreating from the battlefield under Indra’s force, while asuras look on in surprise.

Characters & Entities

• Indra (Tridaśādhipa/Śakra)
• Daitya
• Nāga (elephant; Airāvata implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma’s guardians may appear to withdraw, yet divine order is not defeated; power guided by righteousness restores balance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named here; the verse is part of a larger māhātmya narrative context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.