Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 78

Devanagari script

जग्मुः शक्रं समादाय पुनरेवामरावतीम् । गौतमोऽपि निजा वासं गतः कोपसमाश्रितः

Transliteration

jagmuḥ śakraṃ samādāya punarevāmarāvatīm | gautamo'pi nijā vāsaṃ gataḥ kopasamāśritaḥ

Translation

Sie nahmen Śakra (Indra) mit sich und kehrten wieder nach Amarāvatī zurück. Auch Gautama ging in seine eigene Wohnstätte zurück, von Zorn erfüllt.

Word by Word

• jagmuḥ: went
• jagmuḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (गम्)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• śakram: Śakra (Indra)
• śakram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• samādāya: having taken (along)
• samādāya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-√dā (दा/√dā)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), उपसर्गसमेत (having taken up/carrying)

• punar: again
• punar: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punar (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, पुनरावृत्तिवाचक (adverb)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारणार्थक

• amarāvatīm: to Amarāvatī
• amarāvatīm: Karma/Goal (Destination/गति-लक्ष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: amarāvatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; नगरनाम

• gautamaḥ: Gautama
• gautamaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gautama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय/अपि-कार (also/even)

• nijam: his own
• nijam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणं ‘vāsam’

• vāsam: dwelling; abode
• vāsam: Karma/Goal (Destination/गति-लक्ष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• gataḥ: went; having gone
• gataḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gata (प्रातिपदिक; √gam/गम् + क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोग (having gone)

• kopa: anger
• kopa: Sambandha (Qualifier base)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kopa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; समासपूर्वपद (anger)

• samāśritaḥ: having resorted to; possessed of
• samāśritaḥ: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ā-śrita (प्रातिपदिक; sam-ā-√śri/श्रि + क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘gataḥ’ इत्यस्य/गौतमस्य विशेषण

Speaker

Narrator (within Viśvāmitra’s narration framework continuing into Adhyāya 208)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (chapter narrative)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Frame audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devas escort Indra back to Amarāvatī in a celestial procession; in contrast, Gautama returns to his hermitage with a stern, anger-tinged expression, creating a split-scene of restoration and lingering wrath.

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Amarāvatī
• Gautama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even exalted sages can be seized by krodha; the narrative sets up subsequent acts of expiation and restoration of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The surrounding chapter belongs to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya in the Nāgara Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is stated here; it functions as narrative transition leading to later prescriptions.