Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

जातः क्रोधवशायाश्च इराया भूरुहाः स्मृताः । कद्रूसुताः स्मृता नागा मुनेरप्सरसां गणाः

Transliteration

jātaḥ krodhavaśāyāśca irāyā bhūruhāḥ smṛtāḥ | kadrūsutāḥ smṛtā nāgā munerapsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ

Translation

من كْرودهافَشا (Krodhavaśā) وُلدت طوائف من الكائنات؛ ومن إيرَا (Irā) تُذكَر النباتاتُ والأشجار. وتُذكَر النّاغا (Nāga) أبناءً لكَدرو (Kadru)؛ ومن مُني (Muni) خرجت جموعُ الأبساراس (Apsarā).

Word by Word

• जातः: was born
• जातः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु) → जात (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle, active sense), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• क्रोधवशायाः: of Krodhavaśā
• क्रोधवशायाः: Shashthi-sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोध (प्रातिपदिक) + वशा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष-प्रातिपदिक (क्रोधवशा)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• इरायाः: of Irā
• इरायाः: Shashthi-sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इरा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• भूरुहाः: trees (lit. earth-growers)
• भूरुहाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूरुह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• स्मृताः: are said/remembered
• स्मृताः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु) → स्मृत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-बहुवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगार्थः

• कद्रूसुताः: sons of Kadru
• कद्रूसुताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कद्रू (प्रातिपदिक) + सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कद्र्वाः सुताः)

• स्मृताः: are said/remembered
• स्मृताः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु) → स्मृत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-बहुवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगार्थः

• नागाः: Nāgas (serpents)
• नागाः: Apposition (समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• मुनेः: of the Muni
• मुनेः: Shashthi-sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• अप्सरसाम्: of the Apsarases
• अप्सरसाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्सरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• गणाः: groups
• गणाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced: Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narration to sages)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Irā as a green-hued mother-goddess from whom trees and vines emerge; Kadru as a dark, serpentine-associated mother with nāgas coiling around; Muni as a serene ascetic-mother figure with apsarases appearing as luminous dancers in the sky.

Characters & Entities

• Krodhavaśā
• Irā
• Bhūruhāḥ (plants/trees)
• Kadru
• Nāgas
• Muni
• Apsarases

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Nature (trees and plants) and hidden powers (Nāgas) are sacralized through divine lineage, supporting dharmic respect for the living world.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified; the verse is cosmological.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse implies reverence toward trees and serpent-beings as part of dharmic conduct.