Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

ततस्ते दानवाः सर्वे पराभूताः सुरैस्ततः । स्वं स्थानं संपरित्यज्य दुःखशोकसमन्विताः

Transliteration

tataste dānavāḥ sarve parābhūtāḥ suraistataḥ | svaṃ sthānaṃ saṃparityajya duḥkhaśokasamanvitāḥ

Translation

پھر وہ سب دانَو دیوتاؤں کے ہاتھوں مغلوب ہو کر اپنا ٹھکانہ چھوڑ گئے اور رنج و غم میں ڈوب گئے۔

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Sambandha (Temporal/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), काल/अनन्तरार्थक

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• दानवाः: Danavas
• दानवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; ते इति सर्वनामस्य विशेष्य

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying दानवाः)

• पराभूताः: defeated
• पराभूताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पराभू (धातु) → पराभूत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; पुंलिङ्ग; भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle)

• सुरैः: by the gods
• सुरैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन

• ततः: thereupon/then
• ततः: Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), हेतु/अनन्तरार्थक

• स्वम्: their own
• स्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying स्थानम्)

• स्थानम्: place/abode
• स्थानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• संपरित्यज्य: having abandoned
• संपरित्यज्य: Kriya (Non-finite verbal action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-परि-त्यज् (धातु) → संपरित्यज्य (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/क्त्वा), ‘त्यक्त्वा’ (having abandoned)

• दुःखशोकसमन्विताः: endowed with sorrow and grief
• दुःखशोकसमन्विताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुःख + शोक + समन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; पुंलिङ्ग; समन्वित (PPP from सम्-अन्वि/अन्वि) ‘युक्त’ ; पूर्वपदद्वय-समाहारः (दुःखशोकयोः समन्विताः)

Speaker

Sūta (continuing narration context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A procession of defeated dānavas leaving their city/abode: heads bowed, weapons lowered, families carrying belongings; the sky dim, suggesting grief and uncertainty, moving toward wilderness or a distant sacred horizon.

Characters & Entities

• Dānavas
• Suras (Devas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Attachment to power and territory is unstable; defeat brings displacement and suffering, underscoring the impermanence of worldly dominion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha appears in this verse; it serves the narrative backdrop within the Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse describes consequences (defeat, abandonment of place).