Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

तस्यास्तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा दीक्षितः स सुभद्रकः । निश्चेष्टः पतितो भूमौ वातभग्न इव द्रुमः

Transliteration

tasyāstadvacanaṃ śrutvā dīkṣitaḥ sa subhadrakaḥ | niśceṣṭaḥ patito bhūmau vātabhagna iva drumaḥ

Translation

Als er ihre Worte hörte, stürzte Subhadraka – der die Dīkṣā empfangen hatte – reglos zu Boden, wie ein vom Wind gebrochener Baum.

Word by Word

• tasyāḥ: of her
• tasyāḥ: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• tat: that
• tat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘वचनम्’ इति विशेषणम्

• vacanam: word(s), statement
• vacanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śru (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (gerund/absolutive)

• dīkṣitaḥ: initiated, consecrated
• dīkṣitaḥ: Predicate adjective (विशेष्य-विशेषणभाव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dīkṣ (धातु) + dīkṣita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; ‘सुभद्रकः’ इति विशेषणम् (दीक्षित/संस्कारित)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• subhadrakaḥ: Subhadraka (proper name)
• subhadrakaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: subhadraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; व्यक्तिनाम

• niśceṣṭaḥ: motionless, inert
• niśceṣṭaḥ: Predicate adjective (विशेष्य-विशेषणभाव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: niśceṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘सः’/‘सुभद्रकः’ इति विशेषणम्

• patitaḥ: fallen
• patitaḥ: Kriya-samānādhikaraṇa (Result state)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pat (धातु) + patita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; क्रियाविशेषणवत्/वर्णनम्

• bhūmau: on the ground
• bhūmau: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūmi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• vāta-bhagnaḥ: broken by the wind
• vāta-bhagnaḥ: Upamāna-dharma (Simile attribute)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vāta (प्रातिपदिक) + bhagna (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (तृतीया-तत्पुरुष): ‘वातेन भग्नः’

• iva: like, as
• iva: Upamā (Simile marker/उपमा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमानसूचक निपात (simile particle)

• drumaḥ: a tree
• drumaḥ: Upamāna (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: druma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; उपमान (simile standard)

Speaker

Narrator (within the Purāṇic frame)

Characters & Entities

• Subhadraka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the initiated (dīkṣita) are accountable; dharmic transgression or its revelation can trigger repentance and urgent correction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse does not specify a site; it serves the storyline within a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No rite is prescribed here; it depicts the reaction that precedes remedial action.