Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

ततः काष्ठप्रहारोघैर्हत्वा तां पतितां क्षितौ । मृतामिति परिज्ञाय स क्रोधपरिवारितः

Transliteration

tataḥ kāṣṭhaprahāroghairhatvā tāṃ patitāṃ kṣitau | mṛtāmiti parijñāya sa krodhaparivāritaḥ

Translation

ثم ضربها بوابل من الضربات بقطعة من الخشب، فقتلها وهي ملقاة على الأرض؛ ولما أدرك أنها ماتت، ظل الغضب يحيط به.

Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘ततः’ = तस्मात्/अनन्तरम् (thereafter/from that)

• काष्ठ-प्रहार-ओघैः: by a barrage of stick-blows
• काष्ठ-प्रहार-ओघैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रहार (प्रातिपदिक) + ओघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन — काष्ठप्रहाराणाम् ओघाः (instrumental: by torrents/series of blows with sticks)

• हत्वा: having killed
• हत्वा: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/पूर्वकालिक)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावः — ‘having killed/struck down’

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — ‘her’

• पतिताम्: fallen
• पतिताम्: Karma (Object-Qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पत् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘fallen’ (qualifying ताम्)

• क्षितौ: on the ground
• क्षितौ: Adhikarana (Location/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षिति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन — ‘on the ground/earth’

• मृताम्: dead
• मृताम्: Karma (Object-Qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त (PPP), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘dead’ (as understood of her)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation/उद्धरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उद्धरण/निगमन) — quotation marker ‘thus’

• परिज्ञाय: having recognized
• परिज्ञाय: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/पूर्वकालिक)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive), अव्ययभावः — ‘having ascertained/recognized’

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन — ‘he’

• क्रोध-परिवारितः: overcome by anger
• क्रोध-परिवारितः: Karta (Subject-Qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रोध (प्रातिपदिक) + परि-√वृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त (PPP) ‘परिवारित’ = surrounded/overcome; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘overcome by anger’ (qualifying सः)

Speaker

Narrator (purāṇic narrative voice)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A fallen woman on the earth; a furious man raining blows with a wooden staff; dust rising; onlookers recoiling; the killer pauses, realizing death, still wrapped in rage.

Characters & Entities

• muni (implied)
• the fallen woman (unnamed)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Uncontrolled anger compounds tragedy; Purāṇic narratives warn that krodha can drive further adharma even amid perceived justice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not identifiable from this verse alone.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.