Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 173

Devanagari script

धनदं चैव सप्त्या वरुणं च तथाष्टभिः । विंशत्या निरृतिं दैत्यः पुनश्चाष्टभिरेव च

Transliteration

dhanadaṃ caiva saptyā varuṇaṃ ca tathāṣṭabhiḥ | viṃśatyā nirṛtiṃ daityaḥ punaścāṣṭabhireva ca

Translation

دَیتیہ نے دھنَد (کبیر) کو سات تیروں سے اور ورُن کو آٹھ تیروں سے چھیدا؛ نِررتی کو بیس تیروں سے مارا اور پھر آٹھ اور تیروں سے۔

Word by Word

• धनदम्: Dhanada (Kubera)
• धनदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphasis)

• सप्त्या: with seventy (arrows)
• सप्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्तति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; संख्यावाचक (instrumental: 'with seventy')

• वरुणम्: Varuṇa
• वरुणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: रीति/समुच्चय-अव्यय (adverb: 'likewise')

• अष्टभिः: with eight (arrows)
• अष्टभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्टन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: (सर्वलिङ्ग-प्रयोग), तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक (instrumental: 'with eight')

• विंशत्या: with twenty (arrows)
• विंशत्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विंशति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; संख्यावाचक (instrumental: 'with twenty')

• निरृतिम्: Nirṛti
• निरृतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निरृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• दैत्यः: the Daitya (demon)
• दैत्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/पुनरावृत्ति-अव्यय (adverb: 'again')

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अष्टभिः: with eight (arrows)
• अष्टभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अष्टन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: (सर्वलिङ्ग-प्रयोग), तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphasis)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced: Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narration to sages)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The daitya’s arrows strike Kubera (Dhanada) amid scattered jewels, Varuṇa amid waves and a makara-banner, and Nirṛti in a dark, ominous aura; the count of arrows is suggested by clustered shafts embedded in armor and banners.

Characters & Entities

• Dhanada (Kubera)
• Varuṇa
• Nirṛti
• Tāraka (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When the guardians of the directions are shaken, the Purāṇa signals a cosmic imbalance that calls for divinely sanctioned re-establishment of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None is specified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.