Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

देवानां दानवानां च वैराद्युद्धं बभूव ह । तस्मिन्युद्धे महादुष्टे देवाः संक्लिष्टमानसाः

Transliteration

devānāṃ dānavānāṃ ca vairādyuddhaṃ babhūva ha | tasminyuddhe mahāduṣṭe devāḥ saṃkliṣṭamānasāḥ

Translation

因怨仇之故，天神（Deva）与达那婆（Dānava）之间遂起战争。在那极其罪恶的争斗中，诸天神内心忧苦不安。

Word by Word

• devānām: of the gods
• devānām: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध-षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन

• dānavānām: of the Dānavas (demons)
• dānavānām: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध-षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (and)

• vairāt: from enmity/due to hostility
• vairāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन

• yuddham: war/battle
• yuddham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• babhūva: arose/occurred
• babhūva: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (भू) (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• ha: indeed
• ha: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्मरण/खलु-अर्थक-निपात (indeed/for emphasis)

• tasmin: in that
• tasmin: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• yuddhe: in the battle
• yuddhe: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• mahā-duṣṭe: very dreadful/wicked
• mahā-duṣṭe: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + duṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्ताधारित)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (very wicked)

• devāḥ: the gods
• devāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन

• saṃkliṣṭa-mānasāḥ: with distressed minds
• saṃkliṣṭa-mānasāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃkliṣṭa (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; saṃ + √kliś (क्लिश्)) + mānasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (afflicted minds)

Speaker

Vyāsa

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Unspecified

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast celestial battlefield: devas with banners and radiant armor face dānavas in darker hues; despite martial splendor, the devas’ faces show strain and worry, suggesting moral and psychological weight.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Dānavas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hostility breeds destructive conflict; even the mighty suffer mental anguish when dharma is threatened.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned; the verse sets the cosmic background for the forthcoming sacred account.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is narrative context describing the onset of conflict.