Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 193
Devanagari script
जयेति तुष्टुवुश्चैनं वादित्राण्यभ्यवादयन् । ननृस्तष्टुवुश्चैवं कराघातांश्च चक्रिरे
Transliteration
jayeti tuṣṭuvuścainaṃ vāditrāṇyabhyavādayan | nanṛstaṣṭuvuścaivaṃ karāghātāṃśca cakrire
Translation
众人高呼“胜利！”而赞颂于他；诸般乐器齐鸣。又起舞歌咏其荣耀，欢喜击掌。
Word by Word
जयvictory
जय:
Sambodhana/Exclamation
TypeNoun
Rootजय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन/प्रथमा-रूपेण (interjectional vocative-like), एकवचन; जय-शब्दः घोषरूपे (cry)
इतिthus
इति:
Discourse marker
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formउक्त्यादि-परामर्शक अव्यय
तुष्टुवुःthey praised
तुष्टुवुः:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootस्तु (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन
चand
च:
Connector (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय
एनम्him
एनम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (enam)
वादित्राणिmusical instruments
वादित्राणि:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवादित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
अभ्यवादयन्they played (them); sounded
अभ्यवादयन्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअभि-वादय् (धातु; वद्-णिच्)
Formलङ्-लकार (Imperfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन
ननृतुःthey danced
ननृतुः:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootनृत् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन
तष्टुवुःthey praised
तष्टुवुः:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootस्तु (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; (पाठभेदे ‘तुष्टुवुः’)
चand
च:
Connector (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय
एवम्thus
एवम्:
Manner (प्रकार)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम् (अव्यय)
Formप्रकार-बोधक अव्यय (adverb)
कराघातान्hand-claps; blows of hands
कराघातान्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकर-आघात (प्रातिपदिक; कर + आघात)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
चand
च:
Connector (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय
चक्रिरेthey did/made
चक्रिरे:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन
Speaker
Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa, Maheshvara-khaṇḍa style)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Devas shout ‘Jaya!’ while drums, conches, and cymbals sound; gandharvas sing; apsarases dance; hands clap in rhythm around Skanda as the honored commander.
Characters & Entities
S
Suras (Devas)M
Mahāsena/Skanda (implied by 'him')FAQs
Devotional praise (stuti) and collective rejoicing are presented as natural responses to divine manifestation and dharmic victory.
No tīrtha is specified; the focus is on divine celebration rather than sacred geography.
No formal ritual is prescribed, but the verse models devotional acts: chanting ‘jaya’, music, dance, and praise.