Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 94

Devanagari script

एतैरस्थिभिः शीघ्रं मे कुरु त्वं वज्रमायुधम् । येन व्यापादयाम्याशु वृत्रं दानवसत्तमम्

Transliteration

etairasthibhiḥ śīghraṃ me kuru tvaṃ vajramāyudham | yena vyāpādayāmyāśu vṛtraṃ dānavasattamam

Translation

“ท่านจงรีบสร้างอาวุธวชิระให้แก่เราด้วยกระดูกเหล่านี้เถิด เพื่อที่เราจะได้สังหารวฤตราสูร ผู้ยิ่งใหญ่ในหมู่ดานพ ได้โดยเร็วพลัน”

Word by Word

• एतैः: with these
• एतैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसक/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; ‘अस्थिभिः’ इति सह विशेषण

• अस्थिभिः: with bones
• अस्थिभिः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्थि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन

• शीघ्रम्: quickly
• शीघ्रम्: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शीघ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial accusative); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (used adverbially)

• मे: for me/to me
• मे: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; दत्त-सम्बन्ध (for me)

• कुरु: make/do
• कुरु: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• वज्रम्: thunderbolt
• वज्रम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वज्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• आयुधम्: weapon
• आयुधम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘वज्रम्’ इत्यस्य विशेष्य (appositional)

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; साधनार्थ (instrumental)

• व्यापादयामि: I will kill/slay
• व्यापादयामि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-आ-√पद्/√पादय् (धातु; causative of √पद् ‘to fall’ → ‘to kill’)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रत्यय (causative)

• आशु: quickly
• आशु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आशु (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• वृत्रम्: Vṛtra
• वृत्रम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्र (प्रातिपदिक; असुर-नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• दानवसत्तमम्: the best of the Dānavas
• दानवसत्तमम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दानव + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (दानवानां सत्तमः)

Speaker

Indra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra commands Viśvakarmā to swiftly forge the Vajra from the sacred bones; in the celestial forge, fire glows as the future thunderbolt takes shape, foreshadowing Vṛtra’s fall.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Viśvakarmā
• Vṛtra
• Dānavas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Righteous power must be forged from purity and sacrifice; dharma’s victory is rooted in holy offering.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it advances the episode explaining how a sacred instrument of protection arose.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is an instruction for divine craftsmanship (āyudha-nirmāṇa) rather than a human ritual.