Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 122

Devanagari script

सविषाश्च कृता नागा निर्विषाः पादकुट्टनैः । पर्वताः पर्वतैरेव निरुच्छ्वासा भृशं कृताः

Transliteration

saviṣāśca kṛtā nāgā nirviṣāḥ pādakuṭṭanaiḥ | parvatāḥ parvataireva nirucchvāsā bhṛśaṃ kṛtāḥ

Translation

جُعِلَت الناگا ذاتَ سُمّ—أو نُزِعَ سُمُّها—بضربات الدوس بالأقدام. وأمّا الجبالُ فقد صُدِمت بجبالٍ مثلها، فغدت شديدةَ الذهول كأنها بلا نَفَسٍ في سحق القتال.

Word by Word

• सविषाः: poisonous
• सविषाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (उपसर्ग/प्रातिपदिक) + विष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (विषेण सह/युक्त); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; Nominative plural

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

• कृताः: made
• कृताः: Kriya (Resultative predicate/क्रियाविशेष)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; Past passive participle ‘made’

• नागाः: serpents
• नागाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Nominative plural

• निर्विषाः: poisonless
• निर्विषाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर् (उपसर्ग) + विष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (विषरहित); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; Nominative plural

• पादकुट्टनैः: by foot-trampling
• पादकुट्टनैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद (प्रातिपदिक) + कुट्टन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (पादैः कुट्टनम् = trampling/foot-pounding); नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग-प्रयोग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; Instrumental plural

• पर्वताः: mountains
• पर्वताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Nominative plural

• पर्वतैः: with mountains
• पर्वतैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Instrumental plural

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• निरुच्छ्वासाः: breathless
• निरुच्छ्वासाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर् (उपसर्ग) + उच्छ्वास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (उच्छ्वासरहित); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; Nominative plural

• भृशम्: excessively
• भृशम्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भृशम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• कृताः: made
• कृताः: Kriya (Resultative predicate/क्रियाविशेष)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; Past passive participle ‘made’

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Serpents writhe as their venom is altered by stamping feet; colossal mountains are hurled against mountains, shown as personified peaks gasping and stunned, the earth trembling under the impact.

Characters & Entities

• Nāgas
• Mountains
• Tāraka (implied combatant)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In the upheaval caused by adharma, even nature’s fixed powers (venom, mountains’ stability) are shaken—showing the urgency of restoring cosmic balance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.