Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

पादेनाघातयद्रोषात्स्वपंतं द्रोणनंदनः । स बुद्धश्चरणाघातादुत्थाय शयनादथ

Transliteration

pādenāghātayadroṣātsvapaṃtaṃ droṇanaṃdanaḥ | sa buddhaścaraṇāghātādutthāya śayanādatha

Translation

En colère, le fils de Droṇa frappa l'homme endormi avec son pied. Réveillé par ce coup, il se leva alors du lit.

Word by Word

• पादेन: with (his) foot
• पादेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• अघातयत्: struck, caused to be hit
• अघातयत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √हन् (धातु) (णिच्)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative)

• रोषात्: from anger
• रोषात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• स्वपन्तम्: sleeping
• स्वपन्तम्: Karma-viśeṣaṇa (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √स्वप् (धातु) (शतृ-कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; शतृ-प्रत्यय (present active participle)

• द्रोणनन्दनः: son of Droṇa
• द्रोणनन्दनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रोण + नन्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—द्रोणस्य नन्दनः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• बुद्धः: awakened
• बुद्धः: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बुद्ध (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √बुध्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त

• चरणाघातात्: from the blow of the foot
• चरणाघातात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चरण + आघात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; समासः—चरणस्य आघातः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• उत्थाय: having risen
• उत्थाय: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत्-स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया

• शयनात्: from the bed
• शयनात्: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शयन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-सम्बन्ध (particle/conjunctive)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Aśvatthāmā, furious, kicks the sleeping Dhṛṣṭadyumna; the sleeper jolts awake and begins to rise from the bed, startled and disoriented.

Characters & Entities

• Drauṇi (Aśvatthāmā)
• Dhṛṣṭadyumna
• Droṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Krodha (anger) degrades conduct; dharma teaches that inner discipline is higher than momentary triumph.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Setu-kṣetra context is general; no specific tīrtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.