Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

न शेकुश्चलितुं तत्र पदादपि पदं तदा । ततो नानास्त्रवर्षेण दानवानां महाचमूः

Transliteration

na śekuścalituṃ tatra padādapi padaṃ tadā | tato nānāstravarṣeṇa dānavānāṃ mahācamūḥ

Translation

اُس وقت وہ وہاں ایک قدم بھی نہ ہلا سکے؛ پھر طرح طرح کے اَستر وں کی بارش میں دانَووں کی عظیم فوج مغلوب ہو گئی۔

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Sentence particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• śekuḥ: were able
• śekuḥ: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śak (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; √शक् (to be able)

• calitum: to move
• calitum: Kriya (Purpose infinitive/क्रियार्थ)
• Type: Verb
• Root: cal (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive), √चल् (to move)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• padāt: from a step/footing
• padāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/अपादान), एकवचन

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कारक-अव्यय (particle: even/also)

• padaṃ: a step
• padaṃ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• tataḥ: thereupon
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अपादान/अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (from there/thereupon)

• nānāstra-varṣeṇa: by a shower of various weapons
• nānāstra-varṣeṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nānā (अव्यय) + astra (प्रातिपदिक) + varṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: नानास्त्रवर्ष (varṣa of various weapons) तत्पुरुष; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन

• dānavānām: of the Dānavas (demons)
• dānavānām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• mahā-camūḥ: the great army
• mahā-camūḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + camū (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: महाचमू (great army) कर्मधारय; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast daṇava host frozen mid-stride, feet rooted to the ground, while a dense rain of diverse celestial weapons descends in arcs and streaks, churning dust and light.

Characters & Entities

• Dānavas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When confusion and fear dominate, even great strength becomes inert; inner steadiness is depicted as the prerequisite for effective action.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.