Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

दानवास्तत्र दैतेया भूतवेतालसंभवाः । राक्षसाश्च पिशाचाश्च उद्वेजंते कथं न तान्

Transliteration

dānavāstatra daiteyā bhūtavetālasaṃbhavāḥ | rākṣasāśca piśācāśca udvejaṃte kathaṃ na tān

Translation

在那里有达那婆与代底耶，又有由怖多与韦陀罗所生之众；并有罗刹与毗舍遮：他们怎能不令婆罗门心生惊惧？

Word by Word

• दानवाः: Dānavas (demons)
• दानवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• दैतेयाः: Daityas
• दैतेयाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैतेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• भूतवेतालसंभवाः: born of bhūtas and vetālas
• भूतवेतालसंभवाः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भूत + वेताल + सम्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (भूत-वेताल-सम्भवाः = ‘भूतवेतालानां सम्भवाः’)

• राक्षसाः: Rākṣasas
• राक्षसाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction)

• पिशाचाः: Piśācas
• पिशाचाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिशाच (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction)

• उद्वेजन्ते: are frightened / become agitated
• उद्वेजन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद् + विज् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

• कथम्: how
• कथम्: Prashna (Interrogative/प्रश्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (interrogative adverb)

• न: not
• न: Nishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (questioner in the dialogue frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dense forest at dusk; brāhmaṇas/ṛṣis remain composed while shadowy daityas, dānavas, rākṣasas, piśācas and vetāla-born beings lurk at the periphery, held at bay by an unseen aura of dharma.

Characters & Entities

• Dānava
• Daitya
• Bhūta
• Vetāla
• Rākṣasa
• Piśāca

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The verse sets up the theme that dharma and tīrtha-sanctity provide protection even amid hostile forces.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya; its residents’ fearlessness becomes part of its mahātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it raises a question about spiritual protection.