Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

सह देवगणैः सर्वैर्वसुरुद्रार्कपूर्वकैः । एतस्मिन्नंतरे शक्रो वज्रं रौद्रतमं च यत्

Transliteration

saha devagaṇaiḥ sarvairvasurudrārkapūrvakaiḥ | etasminnaṃtare śakro vajraṃ raudratamaṃ ca yat

Translation

与诸神众同在，以婆苏、鲁陀罗与阿底提耶诸神为先导；就在那一瞬，释迦罗执起金刚杵，怒威至极，凶猛可怖。

Word by Word

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakari (Accompaniment)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उपसर्गसदृश/सह-योगे: with)

• देवगणैः: with the groups of gods
• देवगणैः: Sahakari/Karana (Accompaniment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + गण (प्रातिपदिक); देवानां गणाः
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष

• सर्वैः: all
• सर्वैः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (देवगणैः)

• वसुरुद्रार्कपूर्वकैः: preceded by the Vasus, Rudras, and Ādityas (Arkas)
• वसुरुद्रार्कपूर्वकैः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वसु + रुद्र + अर्क + पूर्वक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचनम्; समाहार/निर्देशार्थे बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः; विशेषणम् (देवगणैः)

• एतस्मिन्: in this
• एतस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/time frame)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचनम्

• अन्तरे: in the meantime/interval
• अन्तरे: Adhikarana (Temporal locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचनम्; ‘अन्तरे’ = in the interval/meanwhile

• शक्रः: Śakra (Indra)
• शक्रः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• वज्रम्: thunderbolt
• वज्रम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वज्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्

• रौद्रतमम्: most terrible/fierce
• रौद्रतमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रौद्र + तमप् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; अतिशय (superlative) विशेषणम् (वज्रम्)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/and)

• यत्: which/that
• यत्: Sambandha (Relative reference)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun: which/that)

Speaker

Sūta (narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra stands amid the full host of gods—Vasus, Rudras, and Ādityas—raising the terrible vajra, charged with raudra power, as the battle crests.

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Vasus
• Rudras
• Ādityas/Arka
• Vajra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When dharma is threatened, divine forces are depicted as uniting; strength becomes legitimate when employed to restore sacred order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.