Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 100

Devanagari script

उपप्लवस्य कर्तारो नष्टाः सर्वे दिशो दश । गन्धर्वाणां च लोकं हि भयेन महता गताः

Transliteration

upaplavasya kartāro naṣṭāḥ sarve diśo daśa | gandharvāṇāṃ ca lokaṃ hi bhayena mahatā gatāḥ

Translation

Les auteurs du trouble s’évanouirent vers les dix directions; en vérité, saisis d’une grande crainte, ils gagnèrent le monde des Gandharvas.

Word by Word

• उपप्लवस्य: of the calamity/disturbance
• उपप्लवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपप्लव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (of ...)

• कर्तारः: doers/causers
• कर्तारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; कर्तृवाचक

• नष्टाः: destroyed/perished
• नष्टाः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नश् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्तारः इति विशेषण

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Qualifier of subject/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्तारः इति विशेषण

• दिशः: directions
• दिशः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; गत्यर्थे कर्म

• दश: ten
• दश: Karma (Numeral qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दशन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्या-शब्दः; द्वितीया, बहुवचनार्थे ‘दिशः’ इति विशेषण

• गन्धर्वाणाम्: of the Gandharvas
• गन्धर्वाणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• लोकम्: world/realm
• लोकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; गत्यर्थे कर्म

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis/indeed)

• भयेन: by/through fear
• भयेन: Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause/करण-हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; हेतौ/करणे

• महता: great
• महता: Karana/Hetu (Qualifier of instrument/करण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; ‘भयेन’ इति विशेषण

• गताः: went
• गताः: Kriya (Predicate action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त, past participle used finitely), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगः (they went)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa; specific speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Shadowy instigators of turmoil scatter to the ten directions; a luminous boundary of the sacred region pushes them outward; distant celestial musicians (Gandharvas) appear as a refuge-realm.

Characters & Entities

• Gandharvas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Those who create disorder ultimately lose stability and are driven away; adharma leads to displacement and fear.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; this verse describes the flight of troublemakers within the chapter’s storyline.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.