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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

हतशेषाश्च ये तेषां ते त्यक्त्वा त्रिदशालयम् । पलायनकृतोत्साहाः प्रविष्टा मकरालयम्

Transliteration

hataśeṣāśca ye teṣāṃ te tyaktvā tridaśālayam | palāyanakṛtotsāhāḥ praviṣṭā makarālayam

Translation

Und die Überlebenden unter ihnen verließen die Wohnstatt der Dreiunddreißig Götter, flohen in verzweifelter Hast und gingen in den Ozean ein, die Heimstatt des Makara.

Word by Word
हत-शेषाःthe remaining survivors
हत-शेषाः:
Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootहत (कृदन्त; √हन् (धातु) क्त) + शेष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम् (Nominative plural, masc.); समासः: हताः शेषाः (those remaining after being slain / the survivors)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक) = conjunction
येwho
ये:
Karta (Relative subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम् (Nominative plural, masc.); सम्बन्धबोधक (relative pronoun)
तेषाम्of them
तेषाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी बहुवचनम् (Genitive plural, masc.)
तेthey
ते:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम् (Nominative plural, masc.)
त्यक्त्वाhaving abandoned
त्यक्त्वा:
Sambandha (पूर्वक्रिया/Adverbial participle)
TypeVerb
Root√त्यज् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive) = having abandoned
त्रिदश-आलयम्the abode of the gods
त्रिदश-आलयम्:
Karma (Object of gerund/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootत्रिदश (प्रातिपदिक) + आलय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम् (Accusative singular, neut.); समासः: त्रिदशानाम् आलयः (abode of the gods)
पलायन-कृत-उत्साहाःintent on fleeing
पलायन-कृत-उत्साहाः:
Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपलायन (प्रातिपदिक) + कृत (कृदन्त; √कृ (धातु) क्त) + उत्साह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम् (Nominative plural, masc.); समासः: पलायने कृतः उत्साहः येषाम् (whose resolve is made for flight)
प्रविष्टाःentered
प्रविष्टाः:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√विश् (धातु)
Formभूतकालिक क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle used finitely); पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम्; कर्तरि प्रयोगः (entered)
मकर-आलयम्the sea
मकर-आलयम्:
Karma (Goal/Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमकर (प्रातिपदिक) + आलय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम् (Accusative singular, neut.); समासः: मकराणाम् आलयः (abode of makaras; the sea)
Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vṛṣanātha-kṣetra (narrative backdrop)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Surviving daityas, wounded and terrified, flee from the celestial city and plunge into the dark, rolling ocean where makaras lurk; the sky behind glows with deva victory.

Characters & Entities
T
Tridaśa (the gods)
M
Makara
O
Ocean (Makarālaya)

FAQs

Adharma-driven power collapses: even the strong are forced into fear and flight when divine order is restored.

The broader passage belongs to the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya and leads into the glorification of the Vṛṣanātha-liṅga and its kṣetra.

No direct ritual is prescribed in this verse; it sets narrative context for later worship instructions.

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