Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

अवध्यं संगरे पूर्वैः सर्वैदेवैः सवासवैः । स तथेति प्रतिज्ञाय जगामादर्शनं हरः

Transliteration

avadhyaṃ saṃgare pūrvaiḥ sarvaidevaiḥ savāsavaiḥ | sa tatheti pratijñāya jagāmādarśanaṃ haraḥ

Translation

(Nàng cầu xin một người con) bất khả sát trong chiến trận bởi hết thảy chư thiên thuở trước, dù có cả Vāsava (Indra). Hara liền ưng thuận, hứa rằng: “Đúng như vậy,” rồi khuất dạng.

Word by Word

• अवध्यम्: invincible, not to be slain
• अवध्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-वध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषणम् (implied object/boon: 'one who is not to be slain')

• संगरे: in battle
• संगरे: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संगर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• पूर्वैः: former, earlier
• पूर्वैः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषणम् (qualifier of देवैः)

• सर्वैः: all
• सर्वैः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषणम् (qualifier of देवैः)

• देवैः: by the gods
• देवैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• स-वासवैः: together with Vāsava (Indra)
• स-वासवैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/Association)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (अव्यय-उपपद) + वासव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural); अव्ययीभावः (सह वासवैः = together with Indra)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), सर्वनाम (Pronoun)

• तथा: so, thus
• तथा: Adverbial (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (manner adverb)

• इति: thus
• इति: Adverbial (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• प्रतिज्ञाय: having promised
• प्रतिज्ञाय: Adverbial (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति-ज्ञा (धातु) + ल्यप् (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकालिक (prior action)

• जगाम: went
• जगाम: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• अदर्शनम्: out of sight, invisibility
• अदर्शनम्: Gati-Karma (Goal/Direction)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अ-दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• हरः: Hara (Śiva)
• हरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Sūta (narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva, having said ‘tathā’, begins to dissolve into light or mist; Diti remains with folded hands, awe-struck; the crescent moon and trident linger as visual symbols as the divine form fades.

Characters & Entities

• Hara (Śiva)
• Devas
• Vāsava (Indra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine boons, once granted, become binding narrative forces; Purāṇas highlight responsibility and consequences that follow extraordinary gifts.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not named here; the verse continues the kṣetra-linked boon story initiated in the preceding lines.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it records the boon’s protective condition (avadhyatva) and Śiva’s assent.