Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 107

Devanagari script

स्वयं विदारितो यश्च विष्णुना प्रभविष्णुना । करजैर्जानुनि पृष्ठे विनिधाय प्रकोपतः

Transliteration

svayaṃ vidārito yaśca viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā | karajairjānuni pṛṣṭhe vinidhāya prakopataḥ

Translation

আৰু যিজনক স্বয়ং প্ৰভাৱান, সর্বব্যাপী বিষ্ণুৱে বিদীৰ্ণ কৰিলে—ক্ৰোধেৰে হাঁটুতে চেপি ধৰি পিঠিত নখ স্থাপন কৰি।

Word by Word

• स्वयम्: by himself
• स्वयम्: Sambandha (Adverb/रीति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आत्मनः (by oneself)

• विदारितः: torn apart
• विदारितः: Kriya (Predicate participle/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-√दॄ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Relative subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (and)

• विष्णुना: by Viṣṇu
• विष्णुना: Karana (Agent-instrument in passive/कर्तृ-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• प्रभविष्णुना: by mighty Viṣṇu
• प्रभविष्णुना: Karana (Qualifier of विष्णुना/करणविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक) + विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (प्रभुः विष्णुः); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• करजैः: with fingernails
• करजैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: करज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन

• जानुनि: on the knee
• जानुनि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जानु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• पृष्ठे: on the back
• पृष्ठे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• विनिधाय: having placed
• विनिधाय: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/Adverbial action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-नि-√धा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• प्रकोपतः: out of anger
• प्रकोपतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रकोप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb); हेतौ (from/through anger)

Speaker

Unspecified (narrative description within the episode)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A powerful Viṣṇu figure pins a foe at the knee and rips his back with sharp nails, face blazing with controlled wrath; the victim’s form contorts under divine force.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇic vision asserts that adharma is ultimately checked by divine power; pride collapses before the Lord’s sovereignty.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tirtha is named in this verse; it functions as narrative memory within a larger Tīrthamāhātmya frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is descriptive narrative imagery.