Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

विपिने तस्करैः पापैः प्रपीड्येऽहं समंततः । यत्किंचिदश्वनागाद्यं मया सह समागतम्

Transliteration

vipine taskaraiḥ pāpaiḥ prapīḍye'haṃ samaṃtataḥ | yatkiṃcidaśvanāgādyaṃ mayā saha samāgatam

Translation

Im Wald werde ich von sündigen Räubern von allen Seiten bedrängt; und alles, was ich bei mir hatte—Pferde, Elefanten und dergleichen—ist ebenfalls angegriffen worden.

Word by Word

• विपिने: in the forest
• विपिने: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Place)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विपिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• तस्करैः: by thieves
• तस्करैः: Kartr/Instrument (कर्ता/करण—agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तस्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• पापैः: sinful
• पापैः: Kartr/Instrument (कर्ता/करण—qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; तस्करैः इति विशेषण

• प्रपीड्ये: am being tormented
• प्रपीड्ये: Kriya (क्रिया/Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+पीड् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive: 'I am oppressed')

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject—patient in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन

• समन्ततः: on all sides
• समन्ततः: Kriya-visheshaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; परितोऽर्थक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: on all sides)

• यत्: whatever
• यत्: Karman (कर्म/Object—relative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; यत्किंचित् इति समुच्चयार्थे

• किंचित्: anything
• किंचित्: Karman (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + चित् (निपात)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अनिश्चितार्थक (indefinite)

• अश्वनागाद्यम्: horses, elephants, and the like
• अश्वनागाद्यम्: Karman (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व (प्रातिपदिक) + नाग (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास (अश्वाश्च नागाश्च); आदि-शब्देन समाहारः; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• मया: by/with me
• मया: Sahakari/Agent (सहकारी/with me)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया, एकवचन

• सह: with
• सह: Sahartha (सहार्थ/Association)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक उपसर्गसदृश (postposition: with)

• समागतम्: that had come along (with me)
• समागतम्: Karman (कर्म/Object—predicate adjective)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+आ+गम् (धातु) + क्त
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; (यत्किंचित् ... ) इति विशेषण

Speaker

King (continuing)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tense memory-image: bandits in a dark forest attacking the king’s caravan—horses and elephants in disarray—contrasted with the present calm before Nārada.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Material supports can vanish in crisis; such pressure often becomes the catalyst for spiritual refuge and dharmic inquiry.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it narrates the king’s hardship en route within a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.