Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 100

Devanagari script

मनुष्यरहिते देशे विषमे गुल्मसंवृते । लिल्ये शक्रस्तदा सर्वं मेने वृत्रमयं जगत्

Transliteration

manuṣyarahite deśe viṣame gulmasaṃvṛte | lilye śakrastadā sarvaṃ mene vṛtramayaṃ jagat

Translation

মানুষশূন্য, দুর্গম ও ঝোপঝাড়ে আচ্ছন্ন দেশে তখন শক্র লুকিয়ে পড়ে রইলেন; আর তিনি সমগ্র জগতকে বৃত্রময় বলে মনে করলেন।

Word by Word

• manuṣya-rahite: devoid of humans
• manuṣya-rahite: Adhikaraṇa (Locative qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: manuṣya (प्रातिपदिक) + rahita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (देशे); तत्पुरुषः (मनुष्यैः रहितः)

• deśe: in a place
• deśe: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• viṣame: uneven, difficult
• viṣame: Adhikaraṇa (Locative qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: viṣama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (देशे)

• gulma-saṃvṛte: covered with thickets
• gulma-saṃvṛte: Adhikaraṇa (Locative qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gulma (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃvṛta (√vṛ-धातु, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (देशे); तत्पुरुषः (गुल्मैः संवृतः = covered with thickets)

• lilye: hid, lay concealed
• lilye: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: lī (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (आत्मनेपद), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; 'he hid/lay concealed'

• śakraḥ: Indra
• śakraḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण)

• sarvam: everything
• sarvam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (जगत्/इदम् सर्वम्)

• mene: thought, considered
• mene: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: man (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (आत्मनेपद), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; 'he thought/considered'

• vṛtra-mayam: full of Vṛtra, made of Vṛtra
• vṛtra-mayam: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vṛtra (प्रातिपदिक) + mayaṭ (मय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (जगत्); तत्पुरुष-भावः (वृत्रमय = consisting of Vṛtra/filled with Vṛtra)

• jagat: the world
• jagat: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; specific speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra lies low in a harsh, empty wilderness—thorny scrub and dense thickets closing in—his gaze haunted, imagining Vṛtra everywhere.

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Vṛtra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A disturbed mind projects danger everywhere; dharma requires steadiness of perception, not merely physical victory.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This line describes an unnamed wilderness; the tīrtha is not specified in the snippet.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.