Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

अथ तेषां महाकोपो भूय एवाभ्यवर्धत । नारदस्य वचः श्रुत्वा तादृग्लोककथोद्भवम्

Transliteration

atha teṣāṃ mahākopo bhūya evābhyavardhata | nāradasya vacaḥ śrutvā tādṛglokakathodbhavam

Translation

Alors leur grande colère s’accrut davantage en entendant les paroles de Nārada, nouvelles nées de tels récits de ce qui se passait dans les mondes.

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• अथ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अनन्तरार्थक) = indeclinable 'then/now'

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

• महाकोपः: great anger
• महाकोपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा-कोप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; समासः = महान् कोपः

• भूयः: again; further
• भूयः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (पुनरर्थक) = adverb 'again; further'

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अवधारण-निपात) = emphatic particle 'indeed'

• अभ्यवर्धत: increased; grew
• अभ्यवर्धत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-वृध् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (परस्मैपद) = Imperfect/Past; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• नारदस्य: of Nārada
• नारदस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• वचः: speech; words
• वचः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) = having heard

• तादृक्: such; of that kind
• तादृक्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तादृश् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifier) of 'उद्भवम्'

• लोककथोद्भवम्: arising from the tale of the worlds
• लोककथोद्भवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक-कथा-उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः = लोककथायाः उद्भवम् (genitive tatpuruṣa)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narration; speaker not explicit in this verse)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The devas, having heard Nārada’s report, flare with intensified wrath—faces stern, brows knit, bodies radiating heat and light, the assembly charged like a storm about to break.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unchecked adharma in the worlds provokes divine intervention; truthful reporting (as by Nārada) becomes the catalyst for restoring order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is part of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative frame; the specific tīrtha is not named within this single line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual (snāna, dāna, japa, vrata) is stated in this verse.