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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

तत्र रूक्षाऽखिला भूमिर्निर्जला तमसा वृता । चीरिकोलूकगृधाढ्या शीर्षच्छायाविवर्जिता

Transliteration

tatra rūkṣā'khilā bhūmirnirjalā tamasā vṛtā | cīrikolūkagṛdhāḍhyā śīrṣacchāyāvivarjitā

Translation

Là, toute la terre était aride et sans eau, enveloppée de ténèbres; elle regorgeait de cris d’oiseaux, de hiboux et de vautours, et se trouvait privée de toute ombre protectrice au-dessus.

Word by Word
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana (Location)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषणम् (indeclinable; locative adverb ‘there’)
रूक्षाdry, rough
रूक्षा:
Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootरूक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (feminine, nominative singular; adjective)
अखिलाentire
अखिला:
Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootअखिल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (feminine, nominative singular; adjective)
भूमिःground, land
भूमिः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootभूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन (feminine, nominative singular)
निर्जलाwaterless
निर्जला:
Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootनिः (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + जल (प्रातिपदिक) → निर्जल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (feminine, nominative singular; adjective)
तमसाby darkness
तमसा:
Karana (Instrument/means)
TypeNoun
Rootतमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन (neuter, instrumental singular)
वृताcovered
वृता:
Visheshana (Predicate adjective)
TypeAdjective
Rootवृ (धातु) → वृत (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (past participle; feminine nominative singular; adjective)
चीरिकोलूकगृधाढ्याabounding in cīri-birds, owls, and vultures
चीरिकोलूकगृधाढ्या:
Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootचीरि (प्रातिपदिक) + उलूक (प्रातिपदिक) + गृध्र (प्रातिपदिक) + आढ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (feminine, nominative singular; adjective)
शीर्षच्छायाविवर्जिताdevoid of shade overhead
शीर्षच्छायाविवर्जिता:
Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootशीर्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + छाया (प्रातिपदिक) + विवर्जित (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (feminine, nominative singular; adjective)
Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A bleak, shade-less plain under a dim, dusty sky; cracked earth, no water, silhouettes of owls and vultures perched on thorny branches; oppressive darkness despite daytime.

FAQs

The Purāṇic path often moves through inner and outer dryness; the absence of water and shade hints at the need for the cooling refuge of dharma and tīrtha.

Not directly named here; it is part of the environmental portrayal leading toward the tīrtha’s significance.

None.

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