Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

निर्गत्य तत्फलादाशु नृपदे हमवेष्टयत् । तक्षकावेष्टिते भूपे पार्श्वस्था दुद्रुवुर्भयात्

Transliteration

nirgatya tatphalādāśu nṛpade hamaveṣṭayat | takṣakāveṣṭite bhūpe pārśvasthā dudruvurbhayāt

Translation

Schnell aus jener Frucht hervorkommend, wand er sich sogleich um den Leib des Königs. Als der Herrscher so von Takṣaka umschlungen war, flohen die Umstehenden vor Furcht.

Word by Word

• निर्गत्य: having come out
• निर्गत्य: Kriya (Prior action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nir + gam (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभावकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive)

• तत्फलात्: from that fruit
• तत्फलात्: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad + phala (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (तस्य फलात्)

• आशु: quickly
• आशु: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: āśu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• नृपदे: on/in the king’s body
• नृपदे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa + deha (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (नृपस्य देहः)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• अवेष्टयत्: coiled around/encircled
• अवेष्टयत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वेṣ्ट् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तक्षकावेष्टिते: when (he was) encircled by Takṣaka
• तक्षकावेष्टिते: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: takṣaka + āveṣṭita (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; तृतीया/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषभावः ‘encircled by Takṣaka’

• भूपे: in the king
• भूपे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• पार्श्वस्थाः: those standing nearby
• पार्श्वस्थाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārśva + stha (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पार्श्वे स्थाः)

• दुद्रुवुः: ran away
• दुद्रुवुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: द्रु (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• भयात्: from fear
• भयात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन

Speaker

Purāṇic narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setukṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇa audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Takṣaka bursts forth from the fruit and coils around the king; nearby attendants and brāhmaṇas scatter in panic, garments flying, faces contorted with fear.

Characters & Entities

• Takṣaka
• Nṛpa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Power and status cannot shield one from the fruits of actions; when time ripens, consequences arrive swiftly.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No direct tīrtha-glorification appears in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse narrates the immediate unfolding of the curse-like consequence.