Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 38
Devanagari script
सूत उवाच । एवमुक्त्त्वा ततस्तौ च बाहुयुद्धेन वै मिथः । युध्यमानौ नरैरन्यैः कृच्छ्रेण तु निवारितौ
Transliteration
sūta uvāca | evamukttvā tatastau ca bāhuyuddhena vai mithaḥ | yudhyamānau narairanyaiḥ kṛcchreṇa tu nivāritau
Translation
Sūta dit : «Après avoir parlé ainsi, tous deux s’affrontèrent dans un combat de force, bras contre bras. Tandis qu’ils se battaient, d’autres hommes, non sans peine, les retinrent».
Word by Word
सूतःSūta (the narrator)
सूतः:
Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसूत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन
एवम्thus
एवम्:
Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner)
उक्त्वाhaving spoken
उक्त्वा:
Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु) + क्त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)
ततःthen
ततः:
Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; काल/क्रमवाचक (temporal/sequence adverb)
तौthose two
तौ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), द्विवचन; सर्वनाम
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)
बाहुयुद्धेनby arm-wrestling / by fighting with arms
बाहुयुद्धेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootबाहु + युद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-प्रायः (arm-fight)
वैindeed
वै:
Nipata (Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निश्चयार्थक/खलु-अर्थे (emphatic particle)
मिथःmutually
मिथः:
Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमिथः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; परस्परार्थक (reciprocal adverb)
युध्यमानौfighting
युध्यमानौ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootयुध् (धातु) + शानच् (शतृ-प्रत्यय)
Formवर्तमानकालिक कृदन्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन
नरैःby men
नरैः:
Kartr-karana (Agentive instrument/कर्ता-करण)
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन
अन्यैःother
अन्यैः:
Visheshana (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying नरैः)
कृच्छ्रेणwith difficulty
कृच्छ्रेण:
Kriya-visheshaṇa (Manner/Adverbial instrumental)
TypeNoun
Rootकृच्छ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; भाववाचक (manner)
तुbut
तु:
Nipata (Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; विरोध/विशेषार्थक (contrastive particle)
निवारितौwere restrained / stopped
निवारितौ:
Karma (Patient/कर्म)
TypeVerb
Rootनि + वृत् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन
Speaker
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa/Sūta narrator voice)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Two matched opponents grapple in a fierce arm-contest while bystanders strain to separate them; dust rises, garments pulled taut, faces tense with rage and pride.
Characters & Entities
S
SūtaFAQs
Unchecked anger leads to violence; society and dharma require restraint and de-escalation.
Not named in this particular verse.
None.