Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 47
Devanagari script
अधुना पश्य चास्माकं त्वमेव बलसूदन
Transliteration
adhunā paśya cāsmākaṃ tvameva balasūdana
Translation
اب دیکھو، اے بَل کے قاتل، ہماری قوت کا جلال—ہاں، تم ہی!
Word by Word
अधुनाnow
अधुना:
Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअधुना (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)
पश्यsee; behold
पश्य:
Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootपश् (धातु)
Formलोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (singular); परस्मैपद
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)
अस्माकम्of us; our
अस्माकम्:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Possessive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठीविभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (plural); सर्वनाम
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular); सर्वनाम
एवindeed; alone
एव:
Viśeṣaṇa (Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अवधारणार्थक निपात (emphatic particle)
बलसूदनO slayer of Bala
बलसूदन:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootबल + सूदन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative/Address), एकवचन; पुल्लिङ्ग (masculine); तत्पुरुष-समास (बलस्य सूदनः)
Speaker
Andhaka
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Śaunaka and other ṛṣis at Naimiṣāraṇya (standard Sūta-frame)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A challenger addresses the famed ‘Bala-sūdana’ (Indra) with a direct dare, the moment frozen just before the weapon is unleashed; faces tense, armies poised.
Characters & Entities
A
AndhakaB
Bala-sūdana (Indra)FAQs
Boastful challenge is a hallmark of adharma-driven combat; Purāṇic narration contrasts such pride with dharmic restraint and right purpose.
No specific tīrtha is identified in this single verse.
None.