Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

ततः क्रोधं च कामं च लोभं द्वेषं भयं रतिम् । मोहं च व्यसनं दुर्गं मत्सरं रागमेव च

Transliteration

tataḥ krodhaṃ ca kāmaṃ ca lobhaṃ dveṣaṃ bhayaṃ ratim | mohaṃ ca vyasanaṃ durgaṃ matsaraṃ rāgameva ca

Translation

Alors (il convoqua) la colère et le désir, l’avidité, la haine, la peur et l’attachement aux plaisirs; ainsi que l’illusion, le vice funeste, l’obstacle difficile à franchir, l’envie et la passion encore.

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/अनुक्रम (thereupon/from then)

• क्रोधम्: anger
• क्रोधम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• कामम्: desire
• कामम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• लोभम्: greed
• लोभम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• द्वेषम्: hatred
• द्वेषम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भयम्: fear
• भयम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• रतिम्: passion/attachment
• रतिम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मोहम्: delusion
• मोहम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• व्यसनम्: misfortune/addiction
• व्यसनम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यसन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दुर्गम्: hard to overcome
• दुर्गम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (व्यसनम्)

• मत्सरम्: envy
• मत्सरम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मत्सर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• रागम्: attachment
• रागम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Kriya-vishesana (Emphatic particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

Speaker

Sūta (deduced from immediate narrative frame; explicit in 14.1)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dramatic court of Indra where abstract vices take embodied forms—anger as red-eyed warrior, desire as alluring figure, greed clutching coins, envy as green-shadowed being—gathered for a secret counsel.

Characters & Entities

• Personified vices (krodha, kāma, lobha, dveṣa, bhaya, rati, moha, vyasana, matsara, rāga)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic storytelling externalizes inner vices as forces that obstruct pilgrimage and devotion, warning that spiritual progress is often opposed by one’s own passions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse belongs to the Acaleśvara-kṣetra/Camatkārapura māhātmya cycle within Nāgara Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is narrative setup describing the summoning of obstructive forces.