Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

नंदिनापहृते शुक्रे गिलिते च विषादिना । विषादमगमन्दैत्या हीयमानरणोत्सवाः

Transliteration

naṃdināpahṛte śukre gilite ca viṣādinā | viṣādamagamandaityā hīyamānaraṇotsavāḥ

Translation

جب نندِن نے شُکر (کوی) کو چھین لیا اور وِصاد نے اسے نگل لیا، تو دَیتیَہ مایوسی میں ڈوب گئے؛ ان کی جنگی مسرّت مدھم پڑ گئی۔

Word by Word

• नन्दिना: by Nandin
• नन्दिना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नन्दिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन — Instrumental singular

• अपहृते: when (it was) taken away
• अपहृते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अप-हृ (धातु) → अपहृत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — Past passive participle used locative singular

• शुक्रे: in/with the semen (vital essence)
• शुक्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — Locative singular

• गिलिते: when (it was) swallowed
• गिलिते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गिल् (धातु) → गिलित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — Past passive participle used locative singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय — conjunction

• विषादिना: by (one who causes) despair / by the despondent one
• विषादिना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विषादिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — Instrumental singular

• विषादम्: despair
• विषादम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विषाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Accusative singular

• अगमन्: went to / fell into
• अगमन्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन — Imperfect, 3rd person plural

• दैत्याः: the Daityas (demons)
• दैत्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Nominative plural

• हीयमान: being diminished
• हीयमान: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हा (धातु) → हीयमान (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शानच्), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Present passive participle, nominative plural

• रणोत्सवाः: whose battle-festivity (martial joy)
• रणोत्सवाः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण + उत्सव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (रणस्य उत्सवः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Nominative plural

Speaker

Skanda (narration to Agastya, inferred from Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dark, tense battlefield-council: Daityas with lowered weapons and dimmed faces; in the background Nandin’s victorious presence implied; the figure of Viṣāda as a shadowy devourer symbolically ‘swallowing’ Śukra’s agency.

Characters & Entities

• Nandin
• Śukra (Bhārgava)
• Viṣāda
• Daityas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When divine order (Śiva’s gaṇas) intervenes, arrogant power collapses into inner dejection; morale itself becomes a form of defeat.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate verse is narrative and does not name a specific tīrtha, but it occurs within the Kāśī-khaṇḍa framework that extols Kāśī as Śiva’s supreme sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it focuses on the battle episode and the Daityas’ loss of resolve.