Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 23
Devanagari script
न च ते विजयं प्रापुस्तथापि द्विजसत्तमाः । दानवेभ्यो महायुद्धे प्रहारैर्जर्जरीकृताः
Transliteration
na ca te vijayaṃ prāpustathāpi dvijasattamāḥ | dānavebhyo mahāyuddhe prahārairjarjarīkṛtāḥ
Translation
پھر بھی، اے افضلِ دِوِج، انہیں فتح نصیب نہ ہوئی؛ اس عظیم جنگ میں دانَووں کے واروں سے وہ پاش پاش اور شکستہ ہو گئے۔
Word by Word
nanot
na:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)
teof you / your
te:
Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Roottvad (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम (pronoun), षष्ठी/सम्बन्ध (Genitive, 6th), एकवचन (Singular)
vijayamvictory
vijayam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootvijaya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative, 2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
prāpusobtained
prāpus:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√āp (आप्)
Formलिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural)
tathāpieven then / nevertheless
tathāpi:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā + api (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय-समुच्चय (adverbial: ‘even so’), ‘तथा’ (thus) + ‘अपि’ (even)
dvijasattamāḥthe best of the Brahmins
dvijasattamāḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdvija + sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative, 1st), बहुवचन (Plural); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: ‘द्विजानां सत्तमाः’ (best among the twice-born)
dānavebhyaḥfrom the Dānavas (demons)
dānavebhyaḥ:
Apadana (Source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootdānava (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), पञ्चमी (Ablative, 5th), बहुवचन (Plural)
mahāyuddhein the great battle
mahāyuddhe:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootmahā + yuddha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (Locative, 7th), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारयः: ‘महच्च तत् युद्धम्’ (great battle)
prahāraiḥby blows/strikes
prahāraiḥ:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootprahāra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया (Instrumental, 3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)
jarjarīkṛtāḥshattered / broken
jarjarīkṛtāḥ:
Karta (Predicate adjective of subject/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootjarjarī + √kṛ (कृ) (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative, 1st), बहुवचन (Plural); ‘jarjarīkṛta’ = made shattered
Speaker
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Type: kshetra
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Śaunaka and other ṛṣis at Naimiṣāraṇya (typical Sūta frame; not explicit in this verse)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A shattered deva host on a smoky battlefield, armor dented, banners torn, as Dānavas press forward with heavy maces and spears; the devas regroup in distress.
Characters & Entities
D
Dvija-sattama (sages/audience)D
DānavaFAQs
Human (or divine) effort alone may fail when grace is withheld; outcomes teach humility and the need for higher refuge.
Not specified in this verse.
None.