Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 52
Devanagari script
वित्रेसुर्दुद्रुवुर्जघ्नुर्निपेतुश्च सहस्रशः । एवं विलुलिते तस्मिन्दानवेन्द्रे महाबले
Transliteration
vitresurdudruvurjaghnurnipetuśca sahasraśaḥ | evaṃ vilulite tasmindānavendre mahābale
Translation
他们惊惶失措——有的奔逃，有的挥击，而成千上万者倒下。于是，当那大力的达那婆之王陷入翻覆动乱之时，
Word by Word
वित्रेसुःthey trembled
वित्रेसुः:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवि-त्रस् (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (plural)
दुद्रुवुःthey ran away
दुद्रुवुः:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootद्रु (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (plural)
जघ्नुःthey struck/killed
जघ्नुः:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootहन् (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (plural)
निपेतुःthey fell down
निपेतुः:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootनि-पत् (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (plural)
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)
सहस्रशःby the thousand; in thousands
सहस्रशः:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसहस्र (प्रातिपदिक) + शस् (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
Formअव्यय (adverb), प्रकार/परिमाणवाचक (by thousands)
एवम्thus
एवम्:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (adverb), प्रकारवाचक (thus)
विलुलितेwhen (he/it) was tossed about/overpowered
विलुलिते:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootवि-लुलित (कृदन्त; √लुल्/लोल्)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle sense), सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन (singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग-सामान्य (locative absolute context)
तस्मिन्in him/when that (was so)
तस्मिन्:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन (singular), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (in him/therein)
दानवेन्द्रेin/when the lord of the Dānavas
दानवेन्द्रे:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootदानव + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative: 'of the Dānavas' + 'lord'), सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन (singular), पुंलिङ्ग (masculine)
महाबलेvery mighty
महाबले:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमहा + बल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय (महान् बलः यस्य/महाबलः), सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन (singular), पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), विशेषण (qualifier of दानवेन्द्रे)
Speaker
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A battlefield in upheaval: daityas/dānavas and devas in disarray; warriors fleeing, others striking, bodies falling in heaps; the dānava leader is ‘vilulita’—thrown into confusion—amid dust and broken standards.
Characters & Entities
D
Dānavendra (lord of the Dānavas)FAQs
Adharma’s power is unstable; when confronted by divine force, even great strength dissolves into panic and defeat.
None in this verse; it is a battlefield narration rather than a pilgrimage description.
None.