Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22
Devanagari script
भट्टिकापि जगामाशु स्वाश्रमं प्रति दुःखिता । भयत्रस्तैः समंताच्च वीक्ष्यमाणा महोरगैः
Transliteration
bhaṭṭikāpi jagāmāśu svāśramaṃ prati duḥkhitā | bhayatrastaiḥ samaṃtācca vīkṣyamāṇā mahoragaiḥ
Translation
Bhaṭṭikā, elle aussi, retourna en hâte vers son propre āśrama, le cœur accablé; tandis que les grands serpents, terrifiés, la regardaient de toutes parts.
Word by Word
भट्टिकाBhaṭṭikā (a woman named Bhaṭṭikā)
भट्टिका:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootभट्टिका (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
अपिalso, even
अपि:
Sambandha/Particle (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय/अपि-प्रयोग (particle: ‘also/even’)
जगामwent
जगाम:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद
आशुquickly
आशु:
Kriya-visheshaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआशु (अव्यय)
Formक्रियाविशेषण (adverb)
स्वाश्रमम्to her own hermitage
स्वाश्रमम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootस्व (प्रातिपदिक) + आश्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (स्वस्य आश्रमः)
प्रतिtowards
प्रति:
Direction/Adhikaraṇa (देश-सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रति (अव्यय)
Formउपसर्ग/पूर्वपद-निपात (preposition-like indeclinable: ‘towards’)
दुःखिताdistressed
दुःखिता:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootदुःखित (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-विशेषण)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
भयत्रस्तैःby (those) frightened (with fear)
भयत्रस्तैः:
Hetu/Instrument (करण/हेतु)
TypeAdjective
Rootभय (प्रातिपदिक) + त्रस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural); तत्पुरुष (भयेन त्रस्त)
समन्तात्from all sides
समन्तात्:
Desha (देश)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसमन्तात् (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘on all sides’)
चand
च:
Sambandha/Conjunction (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय (conjunction)
वीक्ष्यमाणाbeing watched/seen
वीक्ष्यमाणा:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootवीक्ष् (धातु)
Formवर्तमान-कर्मणि-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘being looked at’
महोरगैःby great serpents
महोरगैः:
Karana/Agent in passive (करण/कर्तृ-भाव)
TypeNoun
Rootमहोरग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural); कर्मधारय (महान् उरगः)
Speaker
Narrator (contextual; within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya discourse)
Characters & Entities
B
BhaṭṭikāM
mahā-uraga (great serpents)FAQs
After witnessing dharmic power, even the hostile become subdued; sorrow prompts reflection and course-correction.
The verse references an āśrama setting within the tīrtha-māhātmya narrative; the exact tīrtha is not named here.
None explicitly.