Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

एतस्मिन्नंतरे दैत्यः कालखंज इति स्मृतः । स कोपवशमापन्नो वासुदेवमुपाद्रवत्

Transliteration

etasminnaṃtare daityaḥ kālakhaṃja iti smṛtaḥ | sa kopavaśamāpanno vāsudevamupādravat

Translation

En ese instante, un Daitya llamado Kālakhaṃja, dominado por la ira, se lanzó contra Vāsudeva.

Word by Word

• etasmin: in this
• etasmin: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘antare’)

• antare: in the interval, meanwhile
• antare: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: antara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — देश/काल-अधिकरण (‘in the meantime’)

• daityaḥ: a demon
• daityaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — कर्ता

• kāla-khaṃjaḥ: Kālakhaṃja (name)
• kāla-khaṃjaḥ: Samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक) + khaṃja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — नाम (proper name); कर्मधारयः (विशेषण-विशेष्यभावः)

• iti: thus, as
• iti: Vākyārtha-dyotaka (Quotation marker/इत्यर्थद्योतक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/इति-प्रयोग अव्यय (quotative particle)

• smṛtaḥ: was known/called
• smṛtaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: smṛ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP) ‘smṛta’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘called/known’

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — कर्ता (refers to the demon)

• kopa-vaśam: the sway of anger
• kopa-vaśam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kopa (प्रातिपदिक) + vaśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — गत्यर्थक-क्रियायाः कर्म (state entered)

• āpannaḥ: having entered, overcome by
• āpannaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ā + pad (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP) ‘āpanna’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘having fallen into/entered’

• vāsudevam: Vāsudeva
• vāsudevam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāsudeva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — कर्म

• upādravat: rushed at, attacked
• upādravat: Kriyā (Verbal action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa + ā + drav (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — ‘he rushed/attacked’

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A single daitya, Kālakhaṃja, surges forward from the chaos, eyes blazing with rage, charging directly at Vāsudeva—tightening the narrative into a duel.

Characters & Entities

• Kālakhaṃja
• Vāsudeva (Viṣṇu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Anger clouds judgment and drives beings toward self-destruction; dharma stands firm even when challenged by krodha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This is a narrative segment within Adhyāya 34’s tīrtha-māhātmya; the tīrtha is not specified in this single verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.