Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

न ममार यदा दैत्यो विष्णुना प्रभविष्णुना । तरसा तं केशवोऽपि पातयामास भूतले

Transliteration

na mamāra yadā daityo viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā | tarasā taṃ keśavo'pi pātayāmāsa bhūtale

Translation

Khi Daitya ấy vẫn không chết dù dưới uy lực của Viṣṇu hùng mạnh, Keśava liền dùng sức quật hắn ngã xuống mặt đất.

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध-निपात) = negation particle

• mamāra: died
• mamāra: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: mṛ (धातु; मृ)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद = Perfect, 3rd sg

• yadā: when
• yadā: Sambandha (Temporal-link/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक सम्बन्धबोधक) = temporal conjunction 'when'

• daityaḥ: the demon
• daityaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन = Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• viṣṇunā: by Viṣṇu
• viṣṇunā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन = Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• prabhaviṣṇunā: by the powerful one
• prabhaviṣṇunā: Karana (Instrument-Qualifier/करण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prabhaviṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक; pra + bhaviṣṇu)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (प्रभुः भविष्णुः/प्रभविष्णुः = mighty/powerful)

• tarasā: with force
• tarasā: Karana (Manner/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: taras (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन = Neuter, Instrumental, Singular; क्रियाविशेषणार्थे (with force)

• tam: him
• tam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन = Masculine, Accusative, Singular (pronoun)

• keśavaḥ: Keśava
• keśavaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: keśava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन = Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/अपि-निपात) = particle 'also/even'

• pātayāmāsa: caused to fall / felled
• pātayāmāsa: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pat (धातु; पत्)
• Form: णिच्-प्रत्यय (causative) + लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद = causative perfect 3rd sg; 'caused to fall'

• bhūtale: on the ground
• bhūtale: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūtala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन = Neuter, Locative, Singular

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa to sages)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Keśava, exerting tremendous force, hurls/strikes Lohāsura down to the ground; the earth trembles, dust rises, yet the daitya’s death does not occur.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Keśava
• Lohāsura

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Some knots of adharma are not cut by strength alone; they demand a deeper divine resolution beyond ordinary means.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is part of the Dharmāraṇya narrative cycle rather than a direct tirtha-glorification passage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.