Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19
Devanagari script
अथाऽपश्यत्क्षणात्सप्त वालकान्पूर्णविग्रहान् । ततस्तानपि सप्तैव सप्तधा कृतवान्हरिः
Transliteration
athā'paśyatkṣaṇātsapta vālakānpūrṇavigrahān | tatastānapi saptaiva saptadhā kṛtavānhariḥ
Translation
Sofort sah er sieben Säuglinge, jeder mit vollkommener Gestalt; dann teilte Hari auch diese sieben in sieben Teile.
Word by Word
अथthen
अथ:
Sambandha (Discourse particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (then)
अपश्यत्saw
अपश्यत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootपश् (धातु)
Formलङ्-लकार (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद
क्षणात्in an instant
क्षणात्:
Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन; ‘in a moment/from a moment’
सप्तseven
सप्त:
Visheshana (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootसप्त (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययवत् संख्या-विशेषण; (indeclinable numeral used adjectivally)
वालकान्boys, children
वालकान्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवालक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
पूर्णविग्रहान्fully formed (in body)
पूर्णविग्रहान्:
Visheshana (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootपूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + विग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मधारय-समास: ‘पूर्णः विग्रहः येषाम्’ (fully formed-bodied)
ततःthereupon
ततः:
Sambandha (Discourse particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (thereupon/then)
तान्them
तान्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
अपिalso
अपि:
Sambandha (Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (also/even)
सप्तseven
सप्त:
Visheshana (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootसप्त (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसंख्या-विशेषण (numeral)
एवindeed
एव:
Sambandha (Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (emphatic: just/indeed)
सप्तधाsevenfold
सप्तधा:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसप्तधा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, प्रकारवाचक
कृतवान्made, having made
कृतवान्:
Karta (Agent qualifier)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formक्तवतु-प्रत्यय (परिपूर्णकृदन्त/Perfect participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘having done/made’
हरिःHari (Indra/Vishnu; here Indra)
हरिः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootहरि (प्रातिपदिक; विष्णु/इन्द्र-नाम)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
Speaker
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa context; traditionally Sūta)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Seven fully formed infants appear; Indra/Hari (as named here) divides them again into seven each, intensifying the miraculous yet grim spectacle.
Characters & Entities
I
Indra (Śatakratu/Śakra)D
DitiH
Hari (epithet)FAQs
Purāṇic narratives often show that attempts to suppress destiny can multiply consequences rather than end them.
No site is specified in this verse.
None.