Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 98

Devanagari script

तच्छ्रुत्वा वासवस्तत्र समाहूय च मन्मथम् । क्रोधं लोभं तथा दंभं मत्सरं द्वेषसंयुतम्

Transliteration

tacchrutvā vāsavastatra samāhūya ca manmatham | krodhaṃ lobhaṃ tathā daṃbhaṃ matsaraṃ dveṣasaṃyutam

Translation

Als Vāsava (Indra) dies vernommen hatte, rief er dort Manmatha (Kāma) herbei, dazu Zorn, Gier, Heuchelei, Neid und Hass, von Abneigung begleitet.

Word by Word

• तत्: that (event/statement)
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; ‘श्रुत्वा’ इत्यस्य कर्म

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund)

• वासवः: Vāsava (Indra)
• वासवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• समाहूय: having summoned
• समाहूय: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+आ+√ह्वे (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund)

• च: and
• च: Avyaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• मन्मथम्: Manmatha (Kāma)
• मन्मथम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्मथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• क्रोधम्: anger
• क्रोधम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• लोभम्: greed
• लोभम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• तथा: also/likewise
• तथा: Avyaya (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb/connector)

• दंभम्: deceit/hypocrisy
• दंभम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दंभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• मत्सरम्: envy
• मत्सरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत्सर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• द्वेष-संयुतम्: joined with hatred
• द्वेष-संयुतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वेष (प्रातिपदिक) + संयुत (कृदन्त; सम्+√युज् धातु, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) ‘संयुत’; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (द्वेषेण संयुतम्)

Speaker

Unspecified narrator within the Indra-centered episode

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (episode locus)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/śrotṛ-gaṇa (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra in a celestial-meets-terrestrial court within the kṣetra summons Manmatha; behind Kāma appear shadowy attendants embodying anger, greed, hypocrisy, envy, and hatred—each with distinct iconographic cues—suggesting a coordinated assault on ascetic virtue.

Characters & Entities

• Vāsava (Indra)
• Manmatha (Kāma)
• Krodha
• Lobha
• Dambha
• Matsara
• Dveṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa dramatizes how inner vices—lust, anger, greed, hypocrisy, envy, hatred—can be mobilized to disturb dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra tīrtha-māhātmya narrative backdrop, though no single tīrtha is named in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is narrative description of the assembling of passions and vices.