Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

अञ्जनो वामनश्चैव कुमुदश्च तथा परः । कम्बलाश्वतरौ नागौ नागः कर्कोटकस्तथा

Transliteration

añjano vāmanaścaiva kumudaśca tathā paraḥ | kambalāśvatarau nāgau nāgaḥ karkoṭakastathā

Translation

Añjana, Vāmana, Kumuda et un autre encore; les deux Nāgas Kambala et Aśvatara; ainsi que le Nāga Karkoṭaka—eux aussi se rassemblèrent.

Word by Word

• अञ्जनः: Añjana (name)
• अञ्जनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अञ्जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• वामनः: Vāmana (name)
• वामनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वामन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction: 'and')

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Modifier
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (particle: emphasis)

• कुमुदः: Kumuda (name)
• कुमुदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुमुद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Modifier
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: 'thus/likewise')

• परः: another/next
• परः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (adjective)

• कम्बलाश्वतरौ: Kambala and Aśvatara (two nāgas)
• कम्बलाश्वतरौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कम्बल + अश्वतर (प्रातिपदिक-द्वय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन (Dual); द्वन्द्व-समास (copulative: 'Kambala and Aśvatara')

• नागौ: two nāgas (serpents)
• नागौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; उपपद/विशेष्य (apposition to dual names)

• नागः: Nāga (a nāga)
• नागः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कर्कोटकः: Karkoṭaka (name)
• कर्कोटकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्कोटक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समानाधिकरण (in apposition with 'नागः')

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Modifier
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Māhātmya style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand subterranean or riverside assembly of Nāgas—each with distinct hood markings and jeweled crests—arriving in procession to a sacred spot, bearing offerings and garlands, their bodies coiled like living ornaments.

Characters & Entities

• Añjana
• Vāmana
• Kumuda
• Kambala
• Aśvatara
• Karkoṭaka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

By naming many Nāgas, the text portrays a dharmic society responding collectively—an ideal of solidarity around suffering and duty.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not named in this specific verse; it supports the larger tīrtha-māhātmya narrative frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.