Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

द्वंद्वयुद्धं सुतुमुलं देवानां दानवैः सह । संप्रवृत्तं पुनश्चैव परस्परजिगीषया

Transliteration

dvaṃdvayuddhaṃ sutumulaṃ devānāṃ dānavaiḥ saha | saṃpravṛttaṃ punaścaiva parasparajigīṣayā

Translation

دیوتاؤں اور دانَووں کے درمیان ایک نہایت ہولناک اور ہنگامہ خیز دو بدو جنگ پھر سے چھڑ گئی، دونوں ایک دوسرے کو مغلوب کرنے کے خواہاں تھے۔

Word by Word

• द्वन्द्वयुद्धम्: duel; mutual battle
• द्वन्द्वयुद्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वन्द्व + युद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular)

• सुतुमुलम्: very tumultuous
• सुतुमुलम्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + तुमुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular; adjective)

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Genitive, Plural)

• दानवैः: with the demons (Dānavas)
• दानवैः: Sahakari (Co-agent/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Instrumental, Plural)

• सह: together with
• सह: Sambandha (Association marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक-उपपद (indeclinable; postposition meaning 'with')

• संप्रवृत्तम्: arose; commenced
• संप्रवृत्तम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + प्र + √वृत् (वृत्त) (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृत् (क्त-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोग (Past passive participle; Neuter Nom./Acc. Sg.)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Avadharana (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (particle of emphasis)

• परस्परजिगीषया: with mutual desire to conquer
• परस्परजिगीषया: Hetu (Cause/Motive/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परस्पर + जिगीषा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; हेतौ/निमित्ते (Feminine, Instrumental, Singular; expressing motive)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra/Kedārakṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast, dust-filled battlefield where Devas and Dānavas surge in paired duels, weapons flashing; banners and conches; the sense of a renewed cycle of conflict.

Characters & Entities

• Deva
• Dānava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Conflict rooted in conquest repeats; the Purāṇa contrasts such rivalry with the higher aim of dharma and liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra is the overarching context; no particular tīrtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.