Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

तस्य दंष्ट्रा व्यवर्धत शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः । सासुरान्सुरगन्धर्वान् सयक्षोरगराक्षसान्

Transliteration

tasya daṃṣṭrā vyavardhata śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ | sāsurānsuragandharvān sayakṣoragarākṣasān

Translation

随后，他的獠牙成百上千地增长，威慑并压倒了阿修罗、天神、乾闼婆、夜叉和罗刹。

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/its
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• दंष्ट्रा: fang/tusk
• दंष्ट्रा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दंष्ट्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• व्यवर्धत: grew/increased
• व्यवर्धत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृध् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; उपसर्गः ‘वि’

• शतशः: by hundreds
• शतशः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शतशस् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/परिमाणवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-निपात (particle: then/now)

• सहस्रशः: by thousands
• सहस्रशः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रशस् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/परिमाणवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• स: together with
• स: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन; ‘असुरान्’ इत्यादि-समूहस्य सहार्थक-विशेषणम्

• असुरान्: asuras/demons
• असुरान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन

• सुरगन्धर्वान्: gods and gandharvas
• सुरगन्धर्वान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर + गन्धर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन; (सुराः च गन्धर्वाः च) इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः

• स: together with
• स: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन; ‘यक्ष…’ इत्यादि-समूहस्य सहार्थक-विशेषणम्

• यक्षोरगराक्षसान्: yakṣas, serpents, and rākṣasas
• यक्षोरगराक्षसान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष + उरग + राक्षस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन; (यक्षाः च उरगाः च राक्षसाः च) इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः

Speaker

Deductive: Purāṇic narrator (likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa-style narration within Āvantya-khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (राजेन्द्र) and assembly

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva’s fangs multiply into hundreds and thousands, filling the sky; hosts of devas, asuras, gandharvas, yakṣas, nāgas, rākṣasas recoil or are overwhelmed, emphasizing cosmic scale and inevitability.

Characters & Entities

• Asura
• Sura (Deva)
• Gandharva
• Yakṣa
• Uraga (Nāga)
• Rākṣasa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine power is immeasurable; all classes of beings are ultimately subject to the Supreme, urging humility and dharmic restraint.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is part of the Revākhaṇḍa context, associated with the Reva (Narmadā) sacred region, though this specific line focuses on a cosmic event rather than a tirtha’s merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None is stated in this verse.