Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

देवा उचुः । तारकोऽसौ महारौद्रस्त्वया दत्तवरः पुरा

Transliteration

devā ucuḥ | tārako'sau mahāraudrastvayā dattavaraḥ purā

Translation

দেবগণ বললেন—“সে তারক অতিশয় রৌদ্র; পূর্বকালে আপনারই প্রদত্ত বর সে লাভ করেছে।”

Word by Word

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• ऊचुः: said
• ऊचुः: Kriyā (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

• तारकः: Tāraka
• तारकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• असौ: that (one)
• असौ: Apposition (Co-referent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• महा-रौद्रः: very fierce
• महा-रौद्रः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + रौद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karaṇa/Agent (Instrument/agent in passive sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• दत्त-वरः: granted a boon
• दत्त-वरः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दत्त (कृदन्त, √दा धातु; past participle) + वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (one who has been granted a boon)

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: formerly)

Speaker

Devas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devas speak in chorus before Brahmā, pointing to the unseen threat of Tāraka; their posture is reverent yet strained, emphasizing the weight of a boon’s aftermath.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Tāraka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unchecked boons, when joined with arrogance, become instruments of suffering; divine order ultimately seeks a dhārmic remedy rather than impulsive retaliation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse sits within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya stream of the Nāgara Khaṇḍa, where the wider narrative leads toward seeking Śiva’s darśana connected with sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated in this verse; it introduces the crisis that prompts later acts of devotion and seeking Śiva.