Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

येन सेनाधिपत्ये तं विनियोज्य महाहवम् । कुर्मो दैत्यैः समं शस्त्रैः प्राप्नुयाम ततो जयम्

Transliteration

yena senādhipatye taṃ viniyojya mahāhavam | kurmo daityaiḥ samaṃ śastraiḥ prāpnuyāma tato jayam

Translation

เมื่อแต่งตั้งเขาเป็นจอมทัพและเข้าสู่มหาสงคราม เราจักประจัญบานกับเหล่าทานวะด้วยศัสตราเสมอกัน—แล้วจักบรรลุชัยชนะ

Word by Word

• येन: by which
• येन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; सम्बन्धे ‘येन’ = ‘by which/with whom’

• सेनाधिपत्ये: in the command of the army
• सेनाधिपत्ये: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सेना (प्रातिपदिक) + अधिपत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; ‘सेनायाः अधिपत्यम्’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• विनियोज्य: having appointed
• विनियोज्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Converb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + नि + युज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावः; ‘having appointed/assigned’

• महाहवम्: a great battle
• महाहवम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + अहव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; ‘महान् अहवः’ इति कर्मधारयः

• कुर्मः: we do / we wage
• कुर्मः: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• दैत्यैः: with the demons
• दैत्यैः: Sahakāraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया (3rd/सह), बहुवचन

• समम्: together
• समम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्गार्थ-निपातः/क्रियाविशेषणम् = ‘together/equally’

• शस्त्रैः: with weapons
• शस्त्रैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन

• प्राप्नुयाम: may we obtain
• प्राप्नुयाम: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रभव अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषणम् = ‘then/from that’

• जयम्: victory
• जयम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; summarizing the proposed strategy)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A council of devas in a celestial hall: Indra and gods decide to appoint a supreme commander and meet the Dānavas in a great battle with matched weapons, foreshadowing Skanda’s martial leadership.

Characters & Entities

• Daityas
• Army commander (Senādhipa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is protected through right leadership and proper deployment of strength—order and responsibility precede victory.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is named in this verse; it remains within the broader Tīrthamāhātmya narrative framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse concerns military organization and the pursuit of victory, not a ritual act.