Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

स्कन्द उवाच । हिताय सर्वलोकानां मयैतत्समनुष्ठितम् । यद्धतो दानवो रौद्रो नान्यथा द्विजसत्तमाः

Transliteration

skanda uvāca | hitāya sarvalokānāṃ mayaitatsamanuṣṭhitam | yaddhato dānavo raudro nānyathā dvijasattamāḥ

Translation

พระสกัน্দะตรัสว่า: "เพื่อสวัสดิภาพของโลกทั้งปวง ข้าพเจ้าจึงได้กระทำสิ่งนี้ นั่นคือการสังหารอสูรผู้ดุร้าย มันไม่อาจเป็นอย่างอื่นได้ โอ พราหมณ์ผู้ประเสริฐ"

Word by Word

• स्कन्दः: Skanda
• स्कन्दः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्कन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• हिताय: for the welfare
• हिताय: Sampradana (Beneficiary/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी विभक्ति, एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थ (dative of purpose)

• सर्वलोकानाम्: of all the worlds
• सर्वलोकानाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ‘of all worlds/people’

• मया: by me
• मया: Kartr-karana (Agent-instrumental/कर्ता-तृतीया)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• समनुष्ठितम्: was duly carried out
• समनुष्ठितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + अनु + √स्था (धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकृत् (क्त) ‘properly carried out/performed’

• यत्: because/that
• यत्: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-प्रयोग; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative particle)

• हतः: was slain
• हतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हत (कृदन्त; √हन् (धातु) ‘to kill’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकृत् (क्त) — ‘slain’

• दानवः: the demon
• दानवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• रौद्रः: fierce, cruel
• रौद्रः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रौद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• अन्यथा: otherwise
• अन्यथा: Visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• द्विजसत्तमाः: O best of Brahmins
• द्विजसत्तमाः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक) + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक; superlative)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन विभक्ति, बहुवचन; षष्ठी/कर्मधारयार्थ-तत्पुरुष ‘best among the twice-born’

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas (dvija-sattamāḥ)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Skanda speaks calmly yet firmly to angry brāhmaṇas, explaining that he slew a fierce dānava for the welfare of all worlds; his spear and aura signify righteous force restrained by compassion.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• Dānava
• Brāhmaṇas (Dvija-sattamāḥ)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma may require stern action when it protects the many; the highest motive is loka-hita (the welfare of all).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

It belongs to Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya (Adhyāya 71), in the narrative surrounding Raktaśṛṅga and its sacred stabilization.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated; the verse provides theological justification within the tīrtha-māhātmya frame.