Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

अथ संप्रेषितास्तेन गणास्ते विकृताननाः । हर्षेण महताविष्टा गर्जमाना यथा घनाः

Transliteration

atha saṃpreṣitāstena gaṇāste vikṛtānanāḥ | harṣeṇa mahatāviṣṭā garjamānā yathā ghanāḥ

Translation

Alors ces gaṇas, aux visages difformes, dépêchés par Lui, s’élancèrent, saisis d’une grande allégresse, rugissant tels des nuées tonnantes.

Word by Word

• अथ: then; thereafter
• अथ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अनन्तरार्थक/क्रमसूचक)

• संप्रेषिताः: having been dispatched
• संप्रेषिताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-प्र-√इष् (धातु; प्रेरणे) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (भूतकर्मणि/PPP); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; 'sent'

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करण/कर्तृ-निर्देश

• गणाः: the gaṇas
• गणाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• ते: those
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; पुनरुक्त-निर्देश (emphatic)

• विकृत-आननाः: with grotesque faces
• विकृत-आननाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विकृत (कृदन्त/PPP, वि-√कृ 'to deform') + आनन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—'whose faces are deformed/terrible'

• हर्षेण: with joy
• हर्षेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; भावकरण (means/state)

• महतā: great; intense
• महतā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (हर्षेण) — 'great'

• आविष्टाः: filled; possessed
• आविष्टाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-√विश् (धातु; प्रवेशने 'to enter/possess') + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; 'possessed/filled'

• गर्जमानाः: roaring
• गर्जमानाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √गर्ज् (धातु; शब्दे 'to roar') + शतृ (प्रत्यय)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• यथा: like; as
• यथा: Upamana (Simile-marker/उपमान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उपमानवाचक)

• घनाः: clouds
• घनाः: Upamana (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: घन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; उपमान

Speaker

Deductive (Nāgara Khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa speaking to sages)

Characters & Entities

• Śiva’s gaṇas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The forces aligned with dharma move with fearless energy—inner clarity manifests as unstoppable resolve against wrongdoing.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

No specific site is named in this verse; it contributes to the chapter’s sacred narrative backdrop.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is descriptive battle-poetry.