Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 84

Devanagari script

ह्रंदोदरं च दैत्येंद्रं निखर्वैर्दशभिर्वृतम् । तत्राकुर्वन्सुतुमुलं नादं वध्येषु शत्रुषु

Transliteration

hraṃdodaraṃ ca daityeṃdraṃ nikharvairdaśabhirvṛtam | tatrākurvansutumulaṃ nādaṃ vadhyeṣu śatruṣu

Translation

Và Hraṃdodara, chúa tể của loài Daitya, được bao quanh bởi mười nikharva, đã cất lên tiếng gầm khủng khiếp chống lại những kẻ thù định mệnh phải chết.

Word by Word

• hraṃdodaram: Hraṃdodara
• hraṃdodaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hraṃdodara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; दैत्यविशेष-नाम

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• daitya-indram: the lord of demons
• daitya-indram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya + indra (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठीसम्बन्धः: ‘daityānām indraḥ’), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; apposition to hraṃdodaram

• nikharvaiḥ: by nikharvas (vast hosts)
• nikharvaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nikharva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; करणवाचक (by nikharvas—numerical units/hosts)

• daśabhiḥ: with ten
• daśabhiḥ: Visheshana (Numeral/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: daśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक-विशेषण, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; nikharvaiḥ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• vṛtam: surrounded
• vṛtam: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vṛ (धातु) → vṛta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘surrounded’ (qualifying daityendram/hraṃdodaram)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb: there)

• akurvan: made / raised
• akurvan: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• su-tumulam: very tumultuous
• su-tumulam: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su + tumula (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (उपसर्गपूर्वक-विशेषण), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; nādam इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• nādam: sound / roar
• nādam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• vadhyeṣu: doomed to be slain
• vadhyeṣu: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vadhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying śatruṣu) ‘to be slain’

• śatruṣu: among the enemies
• śatruṣu: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śatru (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Hraṃdodara, towering and fierce, surrounded by ten nikharvas of daityas, unleashes a thunderous roar; nearby enemies tremble, the air vibrating with doom.

Characters & Entities

• Hraṃdodara
• Daityas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The roar of ego and violence may appear overwhelming, yet it precedes the fall of those aligned with adharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; the verse is part of the war narrative surrounding Skanda and Tāraka.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.