Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

ते तु सर्वे सुसंरब्धाः कंपयंतो वसुन्धराम् । उज्जयिन्याश्चतुर्द्वारं रुरुधुर्बहुसैनिकाः

Transliteration

te tu sarve susaṃrabdhāḥ kaṃpayaṃto vasundharām | ujjayinyāścaturdvāraṃ rurudhurbahusainikāḥ

Translation

Tous, saisis d’une fureur ardente et faisant trembler la terre, assiégèrent avec de vastes armées les quatre portes d’Ujjayinī.

Word by Word

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• तु: but; indeed
• तु: Sambandha/Connector (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषणार्थक-अव्यय (particle: but/indeed)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• सुसंरब्धाः: highly enraged
• सुसंरब्धाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + संरब्ध (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √रभ्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past participle) ‘well-enraged/fully agitated’

• कम्पयन्तः: shaking
• कम्पयन्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कम्प् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्त (present active participle/शतृ), परस्मैपदी; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• वसुन्धराम्: the earth
• वसुन्धराम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसुन्धरा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• उज्जयिन्याः: of Ujjayinī
• उज्जयिन्याः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उज्जयिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• चतुर्-द्वारम्: the four-gated (city/fort)
• चतुर्-द्वारम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर् (संख्या/प्रातिपदिक) + द्वार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (numerical) ‘four-gated (city/fort)’

• रुरुधुः: they besieged; they blocked
• रुरुधुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रुध् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

• बहु-सैनिकाः: (they) having many soldiers
• बहु-सैनिकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक) + सैनिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय ‘many-soldiered/with many troops’

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ujjayinī/Avanti (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vast armies ring Ujjayinī, sealing its four gates; dust clouds rise as the ground seems to quake under elephants and marching ranks.

Characters & Entities

• Ujjayinī (Ujjain)
• Four gates (caturdvāra)
• Armies

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even when a sacred city is encircled by worldly power, its true security is revealed through the grace of its presiding deity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ujjayinī (Ujjain), the Mahākāla-kṣetra, is the focal sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it narrates the siege that leads into Mahākāla-śaraṇāgati and worship.