Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

अधुना पश्य चास्माकं त्वमेव बलसूदन

Transliteration

adhunā paśya cāsmākaṃ tvameva balasūdana

Translation

如今且看我等之威——正是你亲自来见证，噢，诛灭婆罗者！

Word by Word

• अधुना: now
• अधुना: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधुना (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• पश्य: see; behold
• पश्य: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (singular); परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

• अस्माकम्: of us; our
• अस्माकम्: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Possessive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठीविभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (plural); सर्वनाम

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular); सर्वनाम

• एव: indeed; alone
• एव: Viśeṣaṇa (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक निपात (emphatic particle)

• बलसूदन: O slayer of Bala
• बलसूदन: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल + सूदन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन-प्रथमा (Vocative/Address), एकवचन; पुल्लिङ्ग (masculine); तत्पुरुष-समास (बलस्य सूदनः)

Speaker

Andhaka

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and other ṛṣis at Naimiṣāraṇya (standard Sūta-frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A challenger addresses the famed ‘Bala-sūdana’ (Indra) with a direct dare, the moment frozen just before the weapon is unleashed; faces tense, armies poised.

Characters & Entities

• Andhaka
• Bala-sūdana (Indra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Boastful challenge is a hallmark of adharma-driven combat; Purāṇic narration contrasts such pride with dharmic restraint and right purpose.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is identified in this single verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.