Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 105

Devanagari script

तच्छ्रुत्वाऽथ विनिष्क्रांतो गुल्ममध्याच्छतक्रतुः । हृष्टरोमा हतं श्रुत्वा वृत्रं दानवसत्तमम्

Transliteration

tacchrutvā'tha viniṣkrāṃto gulmamadhyācchatakratuḥ | hṛṣṭaromā hataṃ śrutvā vṛtraṃ dānavasattamam

Translation

فلما سمع ذلك خرج شتاكرتو (إندرا) من وسط الأدغال؛ وحين سمع أن فِرترا، سيد الدانَفَة وأفضلهم، قد قُتل، اقشعرّ جلده ووقف شعره فرحًا.

Word by Word

• tat: that (statement)
• tat: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (object of śrutvā)

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having heard)

• atha: then
• atha: Avyaya (Discourse)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक अव्यय (then/thereupon)

• viniṣkrāntaḥ: came out
• viniṣkrāntaḥ: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: viniṣkrānta (कृदन्त; √kram धातु, vi+nis- उपसर्ग)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• gulma: of the thicket / troop (gulma)
• gulma: Sambandha (Relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gulma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; समासे पूर्वपद

• madhyāt: from the middle
• madhyāt: Apādāna (Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: madhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन

• śatakratuḥ: Śatakratu (Indra)
• śatakratuḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śatakratu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; इन्द्रस्य नाम

• hṛṣṭaromā: with bristling hair / thrilled
• hṛṣṭaromā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hṛṣṭa + roman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास ('हृष्टानि रोमाणि यस्य'); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (of śatakratuḥ)

• hatam: slain
• hatam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hata (कृदन्त; √han धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (of vṛtram)

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• vṛtram: Vṛtra
• vṛtram: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛtra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• dānavasattamam: the best of the Dānavas
• dānavasattamam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dānava + sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (दानेवेषु/दानवानां सत्तमः); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (of vṛtram)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; specific speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra (Śatakratu), emerging from dense thickets after hearing of Vṛtra’s death; his body language shows sudden elation—gooseflesh, uplifted gaze—while the forest still holds the tension of recent conflict.

Characters & Entities

• Śatakratu (Indra)
• Vṛtra
• Dānavas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right counsel restores courage; when truth is affirmed, the heart regains strength and relief arises naturally.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha appears in this verse; it remains within the chapter’s tīrtha-māhātmya narrative setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.