Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

उपनीतोऽसि कालेन सङ्ग्रामे मम केशव । ये त्वया निर्जिताः पूर्वं दानवा अप्यनेकशः

Transliteration

upanīto'si kālena saṅgrāme mama keśava | ye tvayā nirjitāḥ pūrvaṃ dānavā apyanekaśaḥ

Translation

اے کیشو! خود زمانہ تجھے میرے معرکے میں لے آیا ہے—تو وہی ہے جس نے پہلے بہت سے دانَو لشکروں کو مغلوب کیا تھا۔

Word by Word

• उपनीतः: brought, led
• उपनीतः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-नी (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि-क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• असि: you are
• असि: Kriya (Copula/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• कालेन: by time
• कालेन: Karana (Instrument/Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• सङ्ग्रामे: in battle
• सङ्ग्रामे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सङ्ग्राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• केशव: O Keśava
• केशव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• ये: who, those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• निर्जिताः: conquered
• निर्जिताः: Karta (Predicate/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर्-जि (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि-क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• पूर्वम्: formerly
• पूर्वम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्वम् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (formerly, earlier)

• दानवाः: Dānavas (demons)
• दानवाः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• अपि: even, also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (also/even)

• अनेकशः: many times, repeatedly
• अनेकशः: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनेकशस् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार/परिमाणवाचक-अव्यय (in many ways; many times)

Speaker

Andhaka

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Keśava (Kṛṣṇa/Vāsudeva)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Andhaka addresses Keśava as a famed conqueror of dānava hosts, declaring that Time itself has delivered him to battle; a subtle wheel/clock-like halo of Kāla appears behind the scene.

Characters & Entities

• Andhaka
• Keśava
• Kāla
• Dānava-s

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even adversaries acknowledge the Lord’s past victories; Kāla (Time) operates under cosmic order, drawing beings to their destined consequences.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it remains within the Revā (Narmadā) region’s narrative framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.