Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

पन्नगः शङ्कते तेषां मणिनागप्रदर्शनात् । सौपर्णरूपिणस्ते वै दृश्यन्ते नागमण्डले

Transliteration

pannagaḥ śaṅkate teṣāṃ maṇināgapradarśanāt | sauparṇarūpiṇaste vai dṛśyante nāgamaṇḍale

Translation

Parce que la puissance de Maṇināga leur a été révélée, les serpents les redoutent ; et, dans le domaine des nāgas, on les voit revêtus de la forme de Garuḍa.

Word by Word

• पन्नगः: a serpent
• पन्नगः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पन्नग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शङ्कते: fears, suspects
• शङ्कते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शङ्क् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन

• मणिनागप्रदर्शनात्: from (the act of) showing Maṇināga
• मणिनागप्रदर्शनात्: Hetu/Apadana (हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मणिनाग + प्रदर्शन (प्रातिपदिके; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘मणिनागस्य प्रदर्शनम्’

• सौपर्णरूपिणः: as Garuḍa-formed
• सौपर्णरूपिणः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सौपर्ण + रूपिन् (प्रातिपदिके; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘गरुड-रूपिणः’ (having the form of Garuḍa)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Avyaya (अव्यय-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निश्चयार्थक/पादपूरण; emphatic particle)

• दृश्यन्ते: are seen, appear
• दृश्यन्ते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• नागमण्डले: in the circle/assembly of serpents
• नागमण्डले: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाग + मण्डल (प्रातिपदिके; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘नागानां मण्डलम्’

Speaker

Unspecified narrator (continuing the protection motif)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Maṇināgeśvara / Maṇināga-prabhāva

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees marked by Maṇināga’s grace stand fearless; serpents recoil; in a visionary overlay, the devotees appear with Garuḍa-like wings or aura within a jeweled nāga-court (nāga-maṇḍala).

Characters & Entities

• Maṇināga/Maṇināgeśvara
• pannaga (serpent)
• Suparṇa/Garuḍa
• nāga-maṇḍala

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace can invert worldly dangers; devotees are portrayed as spiritually empowered and protected.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Maṇināgeśvara (Maṇināga), praised in the Revā Khaṇḍa as a protector against nāga-related fears.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse reinforces the fruit of Maṇināga/Maṇināgeśvara’s revelation/darśana rather than specifying a distinct rite.