Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 84

Devanagari script

ततः पुत्रैश्च पौत्रैश्च सहितोऽन्यैश्च बन्धुभिः । लोष्टैस्तं ताडयामास भर्त्समानो मुहुर्मुहुः

Transliteration

tataḥ putraiśca pautraiśca sahito'nyaiśca bandhubhiḥ | loṣṭaistaṃ tāḍayāmāsa bhartsamāno muhurmuhuḥ

Translation

Then, accompanied by his sons, grandsons, and other relatives, he beat him with clods of earth, repeatedly reviling him again and again.

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तर्ये (then)

• पुत्रैः: with (his) sons
• पुत्रैः: Sahakari (Association/सहकारि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन (plural)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• पौत्रैः: with grandsons
• पौत्रैः: Sahakari (Association/सहकारि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पौत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• सहितः: accompanied
• सहितः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (accompanied)

• अन्यैः: with other
• अन्यैः: Sahakari (Association/सहकारि)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• बन्धुभिः: with relatives
• बन्धुभिः: Sahakari (Association/सहकारि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बन्धु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• लोष्टैः: with clods (of earth)
• लोष्टैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• ताडयामास: beat/struck
• ताडयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ताडय् (धातु, णिजन्त)
• Form: लिट् (perfect); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• भर्त्समानः: scolding
• भर्त्समानः: Kriya (Concurrent action/सहकालिक-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भर्त्स् (धातु) → भर्त्समान (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ/प्र.प.); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषण-भावे (while scolding)

• मुहुः: repeatedly
• मुहुः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरावृत्तिवाचक (again and again)

• मुहुः: again and again
• मुहुः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरावृत्तिवाचक (again and again)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrative voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: brāhmaṇas (dvijāḥ)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group—sons, grandsons, relatives—surrounds the victim, pelting and striking with clods while shouting insults; dust rises in the sacred precinct.

Characters & Entities

• putra
• pautra
• bandhu
• loṣṭa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When anger becomes collective, discernment collapses; Purāṇic dharma warns against impulsive condemnation without knowing the full truth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified directly in this verse; it remains within the chapter’s tīrtha-māhātmya narrative frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.