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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

ततः शक्रं समुद्दिश्य गदां गुर्वीं मुमोच सः । सर्वायसमयीं रौद्रां यमजिह्वामिवापराम्

Transliteration

tataḥ śakraṃ samuddiśya gadāṃ gurvīṃ mumoca saḥ | sarvāyasamayīṃ raudrāṃ yamajihvāmivāparām

Translation

Dann, auf Śakra zielend, schleuderte er eine gewaltige Keule—ganz aus Eisen, grimmig und furchtbar, wie eine weitere „Zunge Yamas“, eine todbringende Waffe.

Word by Word
ततःthen
ततः:
Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (then)
शक्रम्Śakra (Indra)
शक्रम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootशक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन
समुद्दिश्यhaving aimed at
समुद्दिश्य:
Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + उद् + दिश् (धातु)
Formक्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); धातु: दिश्—निर्देशने (having aimed/indicated toward)
गदाम्mace
गदाम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootगदा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन
गुर्वीम्heavy
गुर्वीम्:
Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootगुर्वी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘गदाम्’)
मुमोचreleased, hurled
मुमोच:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootमुच् (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; धातु: मुच्—मोचने (to release/throw)
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formप्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन
सर्वायसमयीम्entirely of iron
सर्वायसमयीम्:
Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व + आयस + मयी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुषसमास (‘सर्वम् आयसम् यस्याः/यस्य’ → ‘made wholly of iron’); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (गदाम्)
रौद्राम्fierce
रौद्राम्:
Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootरौद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण
यमजिह्वाम्Yama’s tongue (name/likeness of a weapon)
यमजिह्वाम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootयम + जिह्वा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुषसमास (‘यमस्य जिह्वा’); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; उपमा-उपमेय (as the ‘tongue of Yama’)
इवlike
इव:
Sambandha (Comparison marker/उपमा)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; उपमानसूचक निपात (comparative particle)
अपराम्another
अपराम्:
Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअपर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (‘another’)
Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The victor, holding Indra’s vajra, now hurls a gigantic iron mace at Indra; the mace is depicted as dark, heavy, and blazing with raudra energy, likened to Yama’s lethal instrument.

Characters & Entities
Ś
Śakra (Indra)
G
Gadā (mace)
Y
Yama

FAQs

Adharma weaponizes terror; dharma stands firm even when faced with the imagery and force of death.

No site is named in this verse; it continues the battle narrative within the Mahātmya.

None.

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