Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

ततोऽन्यानपि संक्रुद्धा बालान्वृद्धान्कुमारकान् । भक्षयामासुः सर्वे ते तिर्यग्योनिगता अपि

Transliteration

tato'nyānapi saṃkruddhā bālānvṛddhānkumārakān | bhakṣayāmāsuḥ sarve te tiryagyonigatā api

Translation

তারপর ক্রুদ্ধ হয়ে তারা অন্যদেরও—শিশু, বৃদ্ধ ও যুবকদের—ভক্ষণ করল; তির্যক-যোনিতে জন্ম নিয়েও তারা এ কাজই করল।

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक (then)

• अन्यान्: others
• अन्यान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘others’

• अपि: also
• अपि: Connector/Emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-कार (also/even)

• संक्रुद्धाः: enraged
• संक्रुद्धाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुध् (धातु) उपसर्गः सम्- + क्त (कृदन्त; संक्रुद्ध)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (enraged)

• बालान्: children
• बालान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• वृद्धान्: the old
• वृद्धान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• कुमारकान्: young boys
• कुमारकान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुमारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• भक्षयामासुः: they devoured
• भक्षयामासुः: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भक्ष् (धातु) + यामास (परिप्रयोग; लिट्-प्रायः)
• Form: लिट् (परिप्रयोगात्मक-परिपूर्णभूत; periphrastic perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• तिर्यग्योनिगता: born as animals
• तिर्यग्योनिगता: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तिर्यक् + योनि + गत (प्रातिपदिक; गत = √गम् क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘तिर्यग्योनौ गताः’ (those who have gone into animal birth)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; ‘even/also’

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; within the Tīrthamāhātmya frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Camatkārapura

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A panoramic scene of nāgas rampaging through the city, devouring children, elders, and youths; streets empty into silence, smoke and dust rise, and the city’s life-force seems extinguished.

Characters & Entities

• Nāgas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unchecked anger leads to indiscriminate harm; the verse functions as a cautionary depiction of how adharma expands beyond its original target.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader setting remains the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra tīrtha narrative in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.