Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 80
Devanagari script
अंधकांधकहंत्रोर्वै वर्तमाने महाहवे । इत्थं नाम्नाभवच्छुक्रः स वै भार्गवनंदनः
Transliteration
aṃdhakāṃdhakahaṃtrorvai vartamāne mahāhave | itthaṃ nāmnābhavacchukraḥ sa vai bhārgavanaṃdanaḥ
Translation
Trong đại chiến khi Andhaka và kẻ diệt Andhaka đang giao tranh, con trai của Bhārgava đã mang danh hiệu “Śukra” như thế.
Word by Word
अन्धकof Andhaka
अन्धक:
Sambandha (Genitive in compound)
TypeNoun
Rootandhaka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), द्विवचन; (in compound context with next)
अन्धकहन्त्रॊःof the two Andhaka-slayers
अन्धकहन्त्रॊः:
Sambandha (Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootandhaka + hantr (प्रातिपदिक from √han + तृच्)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), द्विवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘slayers of Andhaka’); overall phrase: ‘of the two slayers of Andhaka’
वैindeed
वै:
Sambandha (Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvai (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (emphatic particle)
वर्तमानेwhile (it) was occurring
वर्तमाने:
Adhikaraṇa (Locative absolute)
TypeVerb
Root√vṛt (धातु) + śānac (कृत्)
Formवर्तमानकृदन्त (शानच्); सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; locative absolute with mahāhave: ‘while (it) was going on’
महाहवेin the great battle
महाहवे:
Adhikaraṇa (Time/occasion)
TypeNoun
Rootmahā + āhava (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (‘great battle’); locative absolute complement
इत्थम्thus
इत्थम्:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa
TypeIndeclinable
Rootittham (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रकारवाचक
नाम्नाby name
नाम्ना:
Karaṇa (Instrument/means)
TypeNoun
Rootnāman (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; ‘by name’
अभवत्became
अभवत्:
Kriyā (Predicate)
TypeVerb
Root√bhū (धातु)
Formलङ् (Imperfect/अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
शुक्रःŚukra
शुक्रः:
Karta/Pratijñā (Subject complement)
TypeNoun
Rootśukra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
वैindeed
वै:
Sambandha (Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvai (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (emphasis)
भार्गवनन्दनःthe son of Bhārgava (Bhṛgu’s line)
भार्गवनन्दनः:
Karta (Apposition to saḥ)
TypeNoun
Rootbhārgava + nandana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘Bhṛgu-lineage’s son’)
Speaker
Narrator (within Kāśīkhaṇḍa; likely Skanda to Agastya)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A narrator anchors Śukra’s naming in the time of the great war of Andhaka and his slayer; battlefield grandeur with Śaiva presence implied.
Characters & Entities
A
AndhakaŚ
ŚukraB
BhṛguA
Andhakahan (slayer of Andhaka)FAQs
Even amid cosmic conflict, divine order establishes roles and names that shape future dharma.
Not directly; the passage remains embedded in the Kāśī-khaṇḍa’s sacred narrative setting.
None.