Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

वित्रेसुर्दुद्रुवुर्जघ्नुर्निपेतुश्च सहस्रशः । एवं विलुलिते तस्मिन्दानवेन्द्रे महाबले

Transliteration

vitresurdudruvurjaghnurnipetuśca sahasraśaḥ | evaṃ vilulite tasmindānavendre mahābale

Translation

وہ دہشت زدہ ہو گئے—کچھ بھاگ نکلے، کچھ نے وار کیے، اور ہزاروں گر پڑے۔ یوں وہ مہابلی دانَوَندَر (دانوؤں کا سردار) سخت ہلچل میں ڈال دیا گیا۔

Word by Word

• वित्रेसुः: they trembled
• वित्रेसुः: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-त्रस् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (plural)

• दुद्रुवुः: they ran away
• दुद्रुवुः: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: द्रु (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (plural)

• जघ्नुः: they struck/killed
• जघ्नुः: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (plural)

• निपेतुः: they fell down
• निपेतुः: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-पत् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (plural)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• सहस्रशः: by the thousand; in thousands
• सहस्रशः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक) + शस् (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), प्रकार/परिमाणवाचक (by thousands)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), प्रकारवाचक (thus)

• विलुलिते: when (he/it) was tossed about/overpowered
• विलुलिते: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-लुलित (कृदन्त; √लुल्/लोल्)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle sense), सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन (singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग-सामान्य (locative absolute context)

• तस्मिन्: in him/when that (was so)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन (singular), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (in him/therein)

• दानवेन्द्रे: in/when the lord of the Dānavas
• दानवेन्द्रे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative: 'of the Dānavas' + 'lord'), सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन (singular), पुंलिङ्ग (masculine)

• महाबले: very mighty
• महाबले: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा + बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (महान् बलः यस्य/महाबलः), सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन (singular), पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), विशेषण (qualifier of दानवेन्द्रे)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A battlefield in upheaval: daityas/dānavas and devas in disarray; warriors fleeing, others striking, bodies falling in heaps; the dānava leader is ‘vilulita’—thrown into confusion—amid dust and broken standards.

Characters & Entities

• Dānavendra (lord of the Dānavas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma’s power is unstable; when confronted by divine force, even great strength dissolves into panic and defeat.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None in this verse; it is a battlefield narration rather than a pilgrimage description.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.