Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

गृहीतो युगपत्क्रुद्धैः परस्परजिगीषया । देवानां हस्तगो वैद्यो दैत्यानां च कमण्डलुः

Transliteration

gṛhīto yugapatkruddhaiḥ parasparajigīṣayā | devānāṃ hastago vaidyo daityānāṃ ca kamaṇḍaluḥ

Translation

Da wurde er zugleich von den zornigen Parteien ergriffen, jede auf den Sieg über die andere bedacht: der Arzt (Dhanvantari) war in den Händen der Götter, doch das Kamaṇḍalu in den Händen der Daityas.

Word by Word

• गृहीतः: was seized
• गृहीतः: Kriya (Predicate action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गृहीत (कृदन्त; √ग्रह् (धातु) क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि (was seized)

• युगपत्: simultaneously
• युगपत्: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: युगपत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), सहकालवाचक (simultaneously)

• क्रुद्धैः: by the angry (ones)
• क्रुद्धैः: Kartr-karana (Agent group qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुद्ध (कृदन्त; √क्रुध् (धातु) क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण (angry)

• परस्पर-जिगीषया: due to mutual desire to conquer
• परस्पर-जिगीषया: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परस्पर (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + जिगीषा (प्रातिपदिक; √जि (धातु) सन्-इच्छार्थक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (परस्परस्य जिगीषा = desire to conquer one another)

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• हस्त-गः: in the hand (held)
• हस्त-गः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हस्त (प्रातिपदिक) + ग (कृदन्त; √गम् (धातु) ड/क-प्रत्यय, 'going/being in')
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (हस्ते गः = in the hand)

• वैद्यः: the physician (Dhanvantari)
• वैद्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• दैत्यानाम्: of the Daityas
• दैत्यानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• कमण्डलुः: the kamaṇḍalu (water-pot)
• कमण्डलुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कमण्डलु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Unknown (deduced: Purāṇic narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two factions clash: devas restrain Dhanvantari while daityas wrench away the kamaṇḍalu; faces are wrathful, arms interlocked, the amṛta vessel tilted but unspilled, ocean spray and churned foam behind.

Characters & Entities

• Dhanvantari
• Devas
• Daityas
• Kamaṇḍalu
• Amṛta (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When desire and anger dominate, even sacred gifts become causes of strife; dharma lies in restraint and rightful claim.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.