Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27
Devanagari script
स गृहीतफलं दृष्ट्वा शंखं प्रोवाच कोपतः
Transliteration
sa gṛhītaphalaṃ dṛṣṭvā śaṃkhaṃ provāca kopataḥ
Translation
Als er sah, dass die Früchte genommen worden waren, redete er Śaṅkha zornig an.
Word by Word
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
गृहीतफलम्the taken fruit
गृहीतफलम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootगृहीत + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (गृहीतं फलम् = taken fruit)
दृष्ट्वाhaving seen
दृष्ट्वा:
Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial)
TypeVerb
Rootदृश् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)
शंखम्Śaṅkha
शंखम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootशंख (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
प्रोवाचsaid
प्रोवाच:
Kriya (Main verb)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-उच्/वच् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
कोपतःout of anger
कोपतः:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootकोप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; हेतौ (cause)
Speaker
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Likhita stands firm, eyes sharp, pointing or gesturing toward the missing/taken fruit; Śaṅkha is caught mid-act, holding fruit, posture tightening under rebuke.
Characters & Entities
Ś
ŚaṅkhaL
LikhitaFAQs
Dharma includes accountability—wrongdoing is confronted, especially in sacred spaces where conduct is held to a higher standard.
Not explicitly named in this verse; it functions as part of the tīrtha-centered narrative in Nāgarakhaṇḍa.
None; it is a narrative transition into a dharma-discussion.