Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

ततश्चाकर्षयामास खङ्गं कोशात्सुनिर्मलम् । आक्रष्टुं न च शक्रोति वैलक्ष्यं परमं गतः

Transliteration

tataścākarṣayāmāsa khaṅgaṃ kośātsunirmalam | ākraṣṭuṃ na ca śakroti vailakṣyaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ

Translation

তাৰ পাছত তেওঁ কোষৰ পৰা অতি নিৰ্মল খড়্গ টানিবলৈ ধৰিলে। কিন্তু টানিব নোৱাৰিলে আৰু পৰম লজ্জাত নিমজ্জিত হ’ল।

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Sequence/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तर/ततः-अव्यय (thereupon)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• ākarṣayāmāsa: pulled/drew
• ākarṣayāmāsa: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√kṛṣ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

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

• kośāt: from the scabbard
• kośāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kośa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• su-nirmalam: very spotless
• su-nirmalam: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (अव्यय) + nirmala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (सु-निर्मलः); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• ākraṣṭum: to draw out
• ākraṣṭum: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√kṛṣ (धातु) + तुमुन्
• Form: तुमुनन्त (infinitive)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• śakroti: is able
• śakroti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śak (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• vailakṣyam: embarrassment
• vailakṣyam: Karma (Result state/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vailakṣya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• paramam: extreme
• paramam: Karma (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• gataḥ: having reached
• gataḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु) + क्त
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोग (having gone/attained)

Speaker

Deductive attribution: Purāṇic narrator

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king, face tight with frustration, grips the hilt of a gleaming sword; the blade will not budge from the scabbard. Onlookers stare as his confidence collapses into embarrassment.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When dharma is violated, even one’s instruments of power become useless; disgrace follows inner corruption.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it supports the chapter’s larger tīrtha-centered moral narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.