Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

ततश्चिक्षेप संक्रुद्धस्तस्य वज्रं शतक्रतुः । सोऽपि तल्लीलया धृत्वा जगृहे सव्यपाणिना

Transliteration

tataścikṣepa saṃkruddhastasya vajraṃ śatakratuḥ | so'pi tallīlayā dhṛtvā jagṛhe savyapāṇinā

Translation

তখন ক্রুদ্ধ শতক্রতু (ইন্দ্র) তার দিকে বজ্র নিক্ষেপ করলেন; কিন্তু সে খেলাচ্ছলে সহজে ধরে বাম হাতে তা গ্রহন করল।

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देश/कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (then/from there)

• चिक्षेप: threw
• चिक्षेप: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षिप् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद; धातु: क्षिप्—प्रक्षेपणे (to throw)

• संक्रुद्धः: enraged
• संक्रुद्धः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + क्रुध् (धातु) → संक्रुद्ध (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle) विशेषण; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी विभक्ति (genitive/6th), एकवचन (singular)

• वज्रम्: thunderbolt
• वज्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वज्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• शतक्रतुः: Śatakratu (Indra)
• शतक्रतुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत + क्रतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहिसमास (‘शतं क्रतवो यस्य’); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle: also/even)

• तत्: that (it)
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘वज्रम्’ इत्यस्य पुनरुक्त-सूचक (that [weapon])

• लीलया: playfully, with ease
• लीलया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लीला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति (instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• धृत्वा: having held
• धृत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); धातु: धृ—धारणे (having held)

• जगृहे: seized
• जगृहे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; धातु: ग्रह्—ग्रहणे (to seize)

• सव्यपाणिना: with the left hand
• सव्यपाणिना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सव्य + पाणि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (‘सव्यः पाणिः’/left hand); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra, furious, releases the vajra; the opponent calmly catches it mid-flight with the left hand, as if it were a toy, stunning the gods.

Characters & Entities

• Śatakratu (Indra)
• Vajra
• Kālaprabha (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Mere force is not always decisive; dharma’s victory often requires divine strategy, merit, and higher protection.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it is part of the Mahātmya’s narrative episode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.