Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

गृहीतो युगपत्क्रुद्धैः परस्परजिगीषया । देवानां हस्तगो वैद्यो दैत्यानां च कमण्डलुः

Transliteration

gṛhīto yugapatkruddhaiḥ parasparajigīṣayā | devānāṃ hastago vaidyo daityānāṃ ca kamaṇḍaluḥ

Translation

فأمسكته في آنٍ واحدٍ الفئتان الغاضبتان، وكلٌّ منهما يبتغي قهر الأخرى؛ فكان الطبيب (دهنفنتري) في أيدي الآلهة، أمّا الكَمَنْدَلو فكان في أيدي الديتْيَة.

Word by Word

• गृहीतः: was seized
• गृहीतः: Kriya (Predicate action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गृहीत (कृदन्त; √ग्रह् (धातु) क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि (was seized)

• युगपत्: simultaneously
• युगपत्: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: युगपत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), सहकालवाचक (simultaneously)

• क्रुद्धैः: by the angry (ones)
• क्रुद्धैः: Kartr-karana (Agent group qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुद्ध (कृदन्त; √क्रुध् (धातु) क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण (angry)

• परस्पर-जिगीषया: due to mutual desire to conquer
• परस्पर-जिगीषया: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परस्पर (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + जिगीषा (प्रातिपदिक; √जि (धातु) सन्-इच्छार्थक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (परस्परस्य जिगीषा = desire to conquer one another)

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• हस्त-गः: in the hand (held)
• हस्त-गः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हस्त (प्रातिपदिक) + ग (कृदन्त; √गम् (धातु) ड/क-प्रत्यय, 'going/being in')
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (हस्ते गः = in the hand)

• वैद्यः: the physician (Dhanvantari)
• वैद्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• दैत्यानाम्: of the Daityas
• दैत्यानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

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

• कमण्डलुः: the kamaṇḍalu (water-pot)
• कमण्डलुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कमण्डलु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Unknown (deduced: Purāṇic narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two factions clash: devas restrain Dhanvantari while daityas wrench away the kamaṇḍalu; faces are wrathful, arms interlocked, the amṛta vessel tilted but unspilled, ocean spray and churned foam behind.

Characters & Entities

• Dhanvantari
• Devas
• Daityas
• Kamaṇḍalu
• Amṛta (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When desire and anger dominate, even sacred gifts become causes of strife; dharma lies in restraint and rightful claim.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.