Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

वृंदावचनमाकर्ण्य प्राह मायासमुद्रजः । शृणु देवि यथा युद्धं वृत्तं शंभोर्मया सह

Transliteration

vṛṃdāvacanamākarṇya prāha māyāsamudrajaḥ | śṛṇu devi yathā yuddhaṃ vṛttaṃ śaṃbhormayā saha

Translation

বৃন্দার কথা শুনে মায়ার পুত্র বলল— “দেবি, শোনো— শম্ভু ও আমার মধ্যে যুদ্ধ কীভাবে সংঘটিত হয়েছিল।”

Word by Word

• वृंदावचनम्: Vṛndā's words
• वृंदावचनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृंदा-वचन (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative singular)

• आकर्ण्य: having heard
• आकर्ण्य: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/Adverbial action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√कर्ण्/कृ (धातु: कर्ण् ‘to hear’ as denominative/causative usage) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यपन्त अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having heard)

• प्राह: said
• प्राह: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√अह्/ब्रू (धातु; ‘to say’)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्शभूत/Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद (3rd person singular, perfect)

• मायासमुद्रजः: the son of Māyā-samudra (Māyāsamudraja)
• मायासमुद्रजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माया-समुद्र-ज (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative singular)

• शृणु: listen
• शृणु: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative); मध्यमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद (2nd person singular, imperative)

• देवि: O goddess/lady
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन विभक्ति; एकवचन (Feminine, Vocative singular)

• यथा: how/as
• यथा: Sambandha (Manner marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/उपमान/यथार्थसूचक (as/how)

• युद्धम्: battle
• युद्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc singular; here object of narration)

• वृत्तम्: happened/occurred
• वृत्तम्: Kriya (Predicate notion/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन (occurred/happened)

• शंभोः: of Śambhu (Śiva)
• शंभोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी विभक्ति; एकवचन (Masculine, Genitive singular)

• मया: by me/with me
• मया: Sahakari/Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया विभक्ति; एकवचन (Instrumental singular)

• सह: together with
• सह: Saha (Association/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक (with)

Speaker

Māyāsamudrajaḥ (contextually, Jālandhara speaking)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Vṛndā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Māyā’s son begins narrating to Vṛndā the battle between himself and Śambhu; a poised storyteller posture, with the aura of impending martial recollection.

Characters & Entities

• Vṛndā
• Jālandhara (implied)
• Śambhu (Śiva)
• Māyā
• Samudra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic history frames conflict as morally consequential; even adversaries must acknowledge the divine order embodied by Śiva.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it continues the māhātmya narrative within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.