Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

वसिष्ठोऽपि समालोक्य वध्यमानां च तां तदा । बाहुं संस्तंभयामास खड्गं तस्य च भूपतेः

Transliteration

vasiṣṭho'pi samālokya vadhyamānāṃ ca tāṃ tadā | bāhuṃ saṃstaṃbhayāmāsa khaḍgaṃ tasya ca bhūpateḥ

Translation

ورأى فَسِشْتَهُ أيضًا أنها تُهاجَم حينئذٍ، فجمّد ذراع الملك—وسيفه كذلك.

Word by Word

• वसिष्ठः: Vasiṣṭha
• वसिष्ठः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha/Particle (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), समुच्चय/अपि-अर्थे ‘also’

• समालोक्य: having observed
• समालोक्य: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-लोक् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having looked/seen’

• वध्यमानाम्: being killed (her)
• वध्यमानाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वध् (धातु) + शानच्/मान (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि कृदन्त (present passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘being slain’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Conjunction (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

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

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)

• बाहुम्: arm
• बाहुम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• संस्तंभयामास: he immobilized / made rigid
• संस्तंभयामास: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-स्तम्भ् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; causative sense ‘made (it) rigid/stopped’

• खड्गम्: sword
• खड्गम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: खड्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Conjunction (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• भूपतेः: of the king
• भूपतेः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूपति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tense moment: a king mid-strike, arm and sword miraculously immobilized by Vasiṣṭha’s calm gesture; the threatened figure stands protected behind the sage.

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha
• Nandinī
• Viśvāmitra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual authority is shown as protective and restraining, stopping violence and preserving dharma even in moments of high conflict.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; the glorification is contextual within the chapter’s māhātmya narration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.