Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

एवमुक्त्वा करात्तोयं सप्तवाराभिमंत्रितम् । चिक्षेपाथ जले तस्याः क्रोधसंरक्तलोचनः

Transliteration

evamuktvā karāttoyaṃ saptavārābhimaṃtritam | cikṣepātha jale tasyāḥ krodhasaṃraktalocanaḥ

Translation

Ayant parlé ainsi, les yeux rougis par la colère, il prit de l’eau dans sa main, la consacra par le mantra sept fois, puis la jeta dans ses eaux.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner: “thus”)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + क्त्वा (क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having said)

• करात्: from (his) hand
• करात्: Apadana (Source/ablative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी विभक्ति (5th/ablative); एकवचन

• तोयम्: water
• तोयम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति (2nd/accusative); एकवचन

• सप्तवाराभिमन्त्रितम्: consecrated/enchanted seven times
• सप्तवाराभिमन्त्रितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त (प्रातिपदिक) + वार (प्रातिपदिक) + अभि + मन्त्र् (धातु) → अभिमन्त्रित (कृदन्त)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः: सप्तवारैः अभिमन्त्रितम्); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन; तोयम् इति विशेषण

• चिक्षेप: threw
• चिक्षेप: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षिप् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha-bodhaka (Discourse connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरार्थक/क्रमसूचक (then)

• जले: in the water
• जले: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति (7th/locative); एकवचन

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी विभक्ति (6th/genitive); एकवचन

• क्रोधसंरक्तलोचनः: whose eyes were reddened with anger
• क्रोधसंरक्तलोचनः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रोध (प्रातिपदिक) + संरक्त (कृदन्त) + लोचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः/कर्मधारय-प्रायः: क्रोधेन संरक्ते लोचने यस्य); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति (1st/nominative); एकवचन; कर्तृविशेषण

Speaker

Narrator (describing Viśvāmitra’s ritual act)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sārasvata-jala (within Nāgara tīrtha context)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijāḥ (brāhmaṇas)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A wrathful figure at the riverbank cups water in his palm, murmurs a mantra seven times, and flings it into the shining sacred stream; the air tightens as the water ripples darkly.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvāmitra
• Nadī (the river)
• Mantra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual power amplifies inner states; when driven by anger it becomes destructive—hence purity of intention is central to dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The action occurs in a sacred-river setting within Tīrthamāhātmya, but the verse does not specify the river’s name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A sevenfold mantra-consecration (saptavāra-abhimaṃtrita) of water is described as part of the curse-rite.