Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

एवमुक्त्वा करात्तोयं सप्तवाराभिमंत्रितम् । चिक्षेपाथ जले तस्याः क्रोधसंरक्तलोचनः

Transliteration

evamuktvā karāttoyaṃ saptavārābhimaṃtritam | cikṣepātha jale tasyāḥ krodhasaṃraktalocanaḥ

Translation

So sprach er; mit vor Zorn geröteten Augen nahm er Wasser in die Hand, weihte es siebenmal mit einem Mantra und warf es dann in ihre Fluten.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner: “thus”)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + क्त्वा (क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having said)

• करात्: from (his) hand
• करात्: Apadana (Source/ablative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी विभक्ति (5th/ablative); एकवचन

• तोयम्: water
• तोयम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति (2nd/accusative); एकवचन

• सप्तवाराभिमन्त्रितम्: consecrated/enchanted seven times
• सप्तवाराभिमन्त्रितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त (प्रातिपदिक) + वार (प्रातिपदिक) + अभि + मन्त्र् (धातु) → अभिमन्त्रित (कृदन्त)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः: सप्तवारैः अभिमन्त्रितम्); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन; तोयम् इति विशेषण

• चिक्षेप: threw
• चिक्षेप: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षिप् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha-bodhaka (Discourse connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरार्थक/क्रमसूचक (then)

• जले: in the water
• जले: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति (7th/locative); एकवचन

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी विभक्ति (6th/genitive); एकवचन

• क्रोधसंरक्तलोचनः: whose eyes were reddened with anger
• क्रोधसंरक्तलोचनः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रोध (प्रातिपदिक) + संरक्त (कृदन्त) + लोचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः/कर्मधारय-प्रायः: क्रोधेन संरक्ते लोचने यस्य); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति (1st/nominative); एकवचन; कर्तृविशेषण

Speaker

Narrator (describing Viśvāmitra’s ritual act)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sārasvata-jala (within Nāgara tīrtha context)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijāḥ (brāhmaṇas)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A wrathful figure at the riverbank cups water in his palm, murmurs a mantra seven times, and flings it into the shining sacred stream; the air tightens as the water ripples darkly.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvāmitra
• Nadī (the river)
• Mantra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual power amplifies inner states; when driven by anger it becomes destructive—hence purity of intention is central to dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The action occurs in a sacred-river setting within Tīrthamāhātmya, but the verse does not specify the river’s name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A sevenfold mantra-consecration (saptavāra-abhimaṃtrita) of water is described as part of the curse-rite.