Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

एषोऽहं सागरं सद्यः शोषयिष्यामि सांप्रतम् । यूयं भवत सोद्योगा वधाय सुरविद्विषाम्

Transliteration

eṣo'haṃ sāgaraṃ sadyaḥ śoṣayiṣyāmi sāṃpratam | yūyaṃ bhavata sodyogā vadhāya suravidviṣām

Translation

Jetzt werde ich den Ozean sogleich austrocknen. Ihr alle seid bereit und setzt euch in Bewegung, um die Feinde der Götter zu erschlagen.

Word by Word

• एषः: this (person)
• एषः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सागरम्: the ocean
• सागरम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सागर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• सद्यः: immediately
• सद्यः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सद्यः (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (immediately)

• शोषयिष्यामि: I will dry up
• शोषयिष्यामि: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √शुष् (धातु) (णिच् causative: शोषय-)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative)

• साम्प्रतम्: now
• साम्प्रतम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साम्प्रतम् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (now/at present)

• यूयम्: you (all)
• यूयम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• भवत: become / be
• भवत: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• सउद्योगाः: ready for action
• सउद्योगाः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + उद्योग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (सह-भावः: ‘with effort/ready for action’)

• वधाय: for the slaying
• वधाय: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन

• सुरविद्विषाम्: of the foes of the gods
• सुरविद्विषाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर + विद्विष् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (‘enemies of the gods’)

Speaker

Agastya (contextual; implied by continuity)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sāgara (ocean) at the relevant tīra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: all devas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the seashore, the ṛṣi raises a hand in command, eyes blazing with resolve; the ocean stretches before him; devas behind tighten grips on weapons, poised to surge forward; the air shimmers as if moisture is being drawn away.

Characters & Entities

• Ocean (Sāgara)
• Devas
• Enemies of the gods (sura-vidviṣ)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Righteous resolve is paired with coordinated divine action—personal spiritual power and collective dharmic effort work together.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The oceanic locale within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s tīrtha narrative is foregrounded; the verse itself does not specify a named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual instruction; it is a proclamation and a call for divine mobilization.