Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

बाढमित्येव सं प्रोच्य जगाम त्रिदिवं बली । ससैन्यं समरे शक्रं स च बाह्वायुधोऽजयत्

Transliteration

bāḍhamityeva saṃ procya jagāma tridivaṃ balī | sasainyaṃ samare śakraṃ sa ca bāhvāyudho'jayat

Translation

“بھاڑم” کہہ کر وہ زورآور تریدیو (سورگ) کو چلا گیا۔ میدانِ جنگ میں اس نے لشکر سمیت شکر (اندَر) کو شکست دی؛ باہوایُدھ ہی فاتح ٹھہرا۔

Word by Word

• बाढम्: certainly; yes
• बाढम्: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बाढ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक-प्रतिपादनम् (indeclinable particle of assent/affirmation)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वाक्यसमाप्ति/उद्धरणसूचक (quotative particle)

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक (emphatic particle)

• सम्: together; completely (as preverb)
• सम्: Sambandha (Preverb/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्ग (preverb)

• प्रोच्य: having said
• प्रोच्य: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/Adverbial action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); अव्ययभाव; ‘प्र+वच्’ से (having said)

• जगाम: went
• जगाम: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• त्रिदिवम्: to heaven (the threefold heaven)
• त्रिदिवम्: Karma (Destination/object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिदिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन (accusative singular)

• बली: Bali
• बली: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन (nominative singular)

• स: he
• स: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन (pronoun)

• ससैन्यम्: together with (his) army
• ससैन्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + सैन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (सह-समास/सहयोगार्थ); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन; ‘सैन्य’विशेषणम् (with (his) army)

• समरे: in battle
• समरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति; एकवचन (locative singular)

• शक्रम्: Śakra (Indra)
• शक्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन (accusative singular)

• स: he
• स: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• बाह्वायुधः: (he) whose weapon was his arms
• बाह्वायुधः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाहु + आयुध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: बाहवः आयुधं यस्य/whose weapon is his arms); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• अजयत्: defeated
• अजयत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जि (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A fierce battlefield tableau: Bāhvāyudha stands victorious amid broken banners and fleeing devas; Śakra (Indra) and his hosts are routed; the hero’s gaze is steady as he turns toward the celestial path (tridiva).

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Bāhvāyudha
• Tridiva (Svarga)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Power and victory are shown as transient within Purāṇic history; even the king of gods can be subdued when cosmic balances shift.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No earthly tīrtha is mentioned; the scene is set in Tridiva (Svarga).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a battlefield narration.