Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

अथ तीक्ष्णैः शरैर्दैत्या निहता दानवास्तथा । एके पंचत्वमापन्ना गताश्चान्य इतस्ततः

Transliteration

atha tīkṣṇaiḥ śarairdaityā nihatā dānavāstathā | eke paṃcatvamāpannā gatāścānya itastataḥ

Translation

ان تیز تیروں سے زخمی ہو کر دَیتیہ اور دانَو گر پڑے؛ کچھ موت کو پہنچے اور کچھ ادھر اُدھر ہر سمت بھاگ نکلے۔

Word by Word

• अथ: then/thereupon
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रम/अनन्तरार्थक (indeclinable; sequential particle “then/now”)

• तीक्ष्णैः: with sharp
• तीक्ष्णैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तीक्ष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण; नपुंसकलिङ्गे/पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन (instrumental plural)

• शरैः: arrows
• शरैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन (instrumental plural)

• दैत्याः: the Daityas (demons)
• दैत्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन (nominative plural)

• निहताः: were slain
• निहताः: Karma (Patient/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु) + नि (उपसर्ग) → निहत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन; (PPP agreeing with subject)

• दानवाः: the Dānavas (demons)
• दानवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन (nominative plural)

• तथा: also/likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थक (indeclinable; “thus/also”)

• एके: some
• एके: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन (nominative plural; “some”)

• पञ्चत्वम्: the state of being five (death)
• पञ्चत्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन (accusative singular)

• आपन्नाः: having reached
• आपन्नाः: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आपद् (धातु) → आपन्न (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त/क्त (past active participle in sense); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन; (agreeing with ‘एके’)

• गताः: went
• गताः: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction “and”)

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन (nominative plural; “others”)

• इतस्: from here/this way
• इतस्: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इतस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (adverb of place “from here/this way”)

• ततः: from there/that way
• ततः: Adhikarana (Locative/temporal sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देश/क्रमवाचक (adverb “from there/then”)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narration within Nāgara-khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A battlefield where daityas and dānavas fall pierced by sharp arrows; some lie lifeless while others scatter in panic across the horizon.

Characters & Entities

• daityas
• dānavas
• Devī (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma cannot stand before divine guardianship; in sacred narratives, the fall of the wicked affirms the security of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse belongs to a Tīrthamāhātmya chapter, but the specific location is not mentioned in this excerpt.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it continues the battle narrative.