Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 122

Devanagari script

ततःप्रभृत्यहं भूमौ भ्रमामि लगुडायुधः । ब्राह्मीं वृत्तिं परित्यज्य मार्गमाणो भुजंग मान्

Transliteration

tataḥprabhṛtyahaṃ bhūmau bhramāmi laguḍāyudhaḥ | brāhmīṃ vṛttiṃ parityajya mārgamāṇo bhujaṃga mān

Translation

ومنذ ذلك الحين طُفتُ في الأرضِ متسلّحًا بهراوةٍ، تاركًا سيرةَ البراهمة، أفتّش عن الحيّات.

Word by Word

• ततः-प्रभृति: from then on
• ततः-प्रभृति: Adhikarana (Temporal locus/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय) + प्रभृति (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (from that time onward); अव्ययीभाव-समास

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• भूमौ: on the earth / on the ground
• भूमौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• भ्रमामि: I wander
• भ्रमामि: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भ्रम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• लगुड-आयुधः: one whose weapon is a club
• लगुड-आयुधः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लगुड (प्रातिपदिक) + आयुध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—लगुडम् आयुधं यस्य सः

• ब्राह्मीम्: brahminical
• ब्राह्मीम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्राह्मी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; वृत्तिम् इति विशेषणम्

• वृत्तिम्: conduct, livelihood
• वृत्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• परित्यज्य: having abandoned
• परित्यज्य: Sambandha (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि + त्यज् (धातु) + ल्यप् (प्रत्यय)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• मार्गमाणः: seeking
• मार्गमाणः: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मार्ग् (धातु) + शानच् (प्रत्यय)
• Form: शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकाले कृदन्त (present active participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• भुजङ्गान्: snakes
• भुजङ्गान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुजङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

Speaker

Unspecified first-person speaker within the narrative (addressing/within Sūta-linked frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sūtaja

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A lone wanderer traverses the earth with a heavy club, his sacred thread and brahminical markers present yet morally contradicted; he scans the ground and thickets, searching for serpents.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇa (as a social-religious role)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It warns that uncontrolled passion can push one away from one’s dharmic vocation and into harmful obsession.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is biographical narrative about conduct (vṛtti).