Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

अग्निरुवाच । अहं कोपं समाधाय शक्रस्योपरि पद्मज । प्रणष्टो जगदुत्सृज्य यस्मात्तत्कारणं शृणु

Transliteration

agniruvāca | ahaṃ kopaṃ samādhāya śakrasyopari padmaja | praṇaṣṭo jagadutsṛjya yasmāttatkāraṇaṃ śṛṇu

Translation

Agni said: O Lotus-born (Brahmā), having fixed my wrath upon Śakra (Indra), I vanished—abandoning the world. Hear now the reason for that.

Word by Word

• अग्निः: Agni (Fire-god)
• अग्निः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुँलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कोपम्: anger
• कोपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुँलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• समाधाय: having assumed/settled (upon)
• समाधाय: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-धा (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वा-समकक्ष अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), ‘having fixed/placed/assumed’; उपसर्ग: सम्-आ-

• शक्रस्य: of Śakra (Indra)
• शक्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुँलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उपरि: upon/against
• उपरि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उपरि (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb/postposition), ‘on/upon/above’; (शक्रस्य इत्यनेन सह)

• पद्मज: O Padmaja (Brahmā)
• पद्मज: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद्मज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुँलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• प्रणष्टः: vanished/disappeared
• प्रणष्टः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-नश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुँलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तरि-प्रयोगे ‘gone/vanished’

• जगत्: the world
• जगत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उत्सृज्य: having abandoned
• उत्सृज्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-सृज् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वा-समकक्ष अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), ‘having abandoned/left’; उपसर्ग: उत्-

• यस्मात्: because of which/from which
• यस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (as cause)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-विशेषण, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (कारणम् इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)

• कारणम्: reason/cause
• कारणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शृणु: hear/listen
• शृणु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Agni

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brahmā (Padmajā/Parameṣṭhin)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Agni, personified as a radiant deity with flames as aura, addresses Brahmā on the lotus, declaring wrath fixed on Indra and his own disappearance from the world.

Characters & Entities

• Agni
• Śakra (Indra)
• Padmaja (Brahmā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When cosmic guardians act from wrath, the world suffers; dharma requires accountability and explanation before the higher authority.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it sets up the cause behind a wider tīrtha-related narrative in the chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse focuses on causality and confession/explanation within a dharmic dialogue.