Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 7
Devanagari script
पूर्वं प्रतिबला दैत्या मधुकैटभसन्निभाः । निविष्टास्त्वां तु संप्राप्य शलभा इव पावकम्
Transliteration
pūrvaṃ pratibalā daityā madhukaiṭabhasannibhāḥ | niviṣṭāstvāṃ tu saṃprāpya śalabhā iva pāvakam
Translation
پہلے بڑے زورآور دَیتیہ—مدھو اور کیٹبھ جیسے—تم پر ٹوٹ پڑے؛ مگر تم تک پہنچتے ہی شعلے میں پروانوں کی طرح ہلاک ہو گئے۔
Word by Word
पूर्वम्formerly, earlier
पूर्वम्:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — adverb ‘formerly/previously’
प्रतिबलाःvery strong, mighty
प्रतिबलाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रतिबल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st) बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् — Masculine, Nominative plural
दैत्याःdemons (Daityas)
दैत्याः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st) बहुवचनम् — Masculine, Nominative plural
मधुMadhu (name)
मधु:
Samāsa-aṅga (Compound member)
TypeNoun
Rootमधु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे प्रातिपदिक-रूपम्; समासाङ्ग — first member of compound
कैटभKaiṭabha (name)
कैटभ:
Samāsa-aṅga (Compound member)
TypeNoun
Rootकैटभ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे प्रातिपदिक-रूपम्; समासाङ्ग — second member of compound
सन्निभाःresembling Madhu and Kaiṭabha
सन्निभाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootसन्निभ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st) बहुवचनम्; ‘मधुकैटभसन्निभ’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मधुकैटभयोः सन्निभाः) — Masculine, Nominative plural; genitive-tatpurusha sense ‘resembling Madhu and Kaiṭabha’
निविष्टाःhaving entered / having rushed in
निविष्टाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootनि-विश् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम् — Past passive participle; Masculine, Nominative plural
त्वाम्you
त्वाम्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वितीया (2nd) एकवचनम् — Accusative singular (pronoun)
तुbut, indeed
तु:
Sambandha/Discourse particle
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (निपात) — particle ‘but/indeed’
संप्राप्यhaving reached, after attaining
संप्राप्य:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial to main action)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम्-प्र-आप् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
Formक्त्वान्त/ल्यबन्त अव्यय (तुमुन्-न) — gerund (absolutive) ‘having reached’
शलभाःmoths
शलभाः:
Upamāna (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
TypeNoun
Rootशलभ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (1st) बहुवचनम् — Masculine, Nominative plural
इवlike
इव:
Upamā-dyotaka (Comparator)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (उपमा-वाचक) — comparative particle ‘like/as’
पावकम्fire
पावकम्:
Upameya/Ālambana (Object of comparison)
TypeNoun
Rootपावक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd) एकवचनम् — Masculine, Accusative singular
Speaker
Indra (within Nārada’s narration)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A surge of mighty daityas, dark and armored, rush toward Viṣṇu; as they near his blazing tejas they crumble like moths consumed by a lamp-flame, emphasizing the aura as the weapon.
Characters & Entities
I
IndraV
ViṣṇuD
DaityasM
MadhuK
KaiṭabhaFAQs
Adharma cannot endure near the Divine; evil is self-destroyed when it rushes toward righteousness.
No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.
None.