Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

ततस्तस्य स खड्गस्तु तीक्ष्णोऽपि द्विजसत्तमाः । तस्य काये प्रहीणस्तु शतधा समपद्यत

Transliteration

tatastasya sa khaḍgastu tīkṣṇo'pi dvijasattamāḥ | tasya kāye prahīṇastu śatadhā samapadyata

Translation

Daraufhin, o ihr besten der Brāhmaṇas, zersprang jenes Schwert—obwohl scharf—als es auf seinen Leib niederging, in hundert Stücke.

Word by Word

• ततः: then; thereupon
• ततः: Sambandha (Discourse connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Indeclinable), कारण/अनुक्रमवाचक (then/thereupon)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/Relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (Pronoun), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine/Neuter), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• सः: that
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (Pronoun), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• खड्गः: sword
• खड्गः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: खड्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• तु: but; indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Indeclinable), अवधान/विरोधसूचक (particle: but/indeed)

• तीक्ष्णः: sharp
• तीक्ष्णः: Visheshana (Qualifier of khaḍgaḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तीक्ष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• अपि: even though
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Indeclinable), समुच्चय/अपेक्षासूचक (particle: even/also)

• द्विजसत्तमाः: O best of the twice-born
• द्विजसत्तमाः: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक) + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक; सत् + तमप्)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (Determinative; द्विजानां सत्तमाः), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), संबोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/Relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (Pronoun), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine/Neuter), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• काये: in (his) body
• काये: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्रहीणः: struck/let fall; hurled
• प्रहीणः: Kriya (Predicate; state of khaḍgaḥ)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+हा (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• तु: however
• तु: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Indeclinable), अवधान/विरोधसूचक (particle)

• शतधा: into a hundred pieces
• शतधा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शतधा (अव्यय; शत + धा)
• Form: अव्यय (Indeclinable), संख्याविशेषणीय-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: into a hundred parts)

• समपद्यत: became; broke up
• समपद्यत: Kriya (Action/Result)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+पद् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद (Ātmanepada)

Speaker

Unspecified (narrator addressing sages; likely Sūta)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijasattamāḥ

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The sword strikes but bursts into a hundred fragments around the protected body; the devotee stands unharmed amid flying shards; onlookers astonished.

Characters & Entities

• Sāṃkṛti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The righteous protected by tapas and dharma are not overcome by mere weaponry; spiritual power nullifies violence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha context is the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya, but the verse itself does not name the place.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it illustrates the protective potency of tapas.