Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 92

Devanagari script

अथ तत्कदनं दृष्ट्वा अंधकः क्रोधमूर्छितः । भर्त्सयामास ताः सर्वा योगिनीः समरोद्यताः

Transliteration

atha tatkadanaṃ dṛṣṭvā aṃdhakaḥ krodhamūrchitaḥ | bhartsayāmāsa tāḥ sarvā yoginīḥ samarodyatāḥ

Translation

Als Andhaka jenes Gemetzel sah, von Zorn erneut überwältigt, schalt er alle Yoginīs, die kampfbereit dastanden.

Word by Word

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha/Modifier (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (discourse particle)

• tat-kadanam: that carnage
• tat-kadanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + kadana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास ('that slaughter/that carnage'), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), 'having seen'

• aṃdhakaḥ: Andhaka
• aṃdhakaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṃdhaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• krodha-mūrchitaḥ: overcome by anger
• krodha-mūrchitaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: krodha (प्रातिपदिक) + mūrchita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √mūrch)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास ('overcome by anger'), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• bhartsayāmāsa: rebuked/abused
• bhartsayāmāsa: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bharts (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); णिच्-प्रयोग (causative stem bhartsaya-)

• tāḥ: them
• tāḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• sarvāḥ: all
• sarvāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• yoginīḥ: Yoginīs
• yoginīḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yoginī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• samara-udyatāḥ: ready for battle
• samara-udyatāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: samara (प्रातिपदिक) + udyata (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; ud-√yam)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास ('ready for battle'), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice within the Tīrthamāhātmya frame; specific speaker not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Andhaka, seeing the carnage, rages and insults the Yoginīs who stand poised for battle—tense standoff before renewed combat.

Characters & Entities

• Andhaka
• Yoginīs

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When ego meets sacred power (śakti), mere insult and rage cannot prevail; inner discipline is superior to aggression.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is within a Tīrthamāhātmya chapter, but the excerpt alone does not name the site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.