Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

व्याक्रोशंति क्रुधाविष्टाः शिशवो गुरवस्तथा । नीवीबन्धनविश्लेषसमाकुलितचेतसः

Transliteration

vyākrośaṃti krudhāviṣṭāḥ śiśavo guravastathā | nīvībandhanaviśleṣasamākulitacetasaḥ

Translation

Les enfants criaient, saisis de colère, et les anciens aussi—l’esprit bouleversé par les ceintures dénouées et le désarroi.

Word by Word

• व्याक्रोशन्ति: they cry out
• व्याक्रोशन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + आ + √क्रुश् (धातु), लट्
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; Parasmaipada

• क्रुधाविष्टाः: seized by anger
• क्रुधाविष्टाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुधा (प्रातिपदिक) + आविष्ट (कृदन्त; आ + √विश् धातु, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; Nominative Plural; समासः—तत्पुरुष (तृतीया/हेतु-भाव: ‘possessed by anger’)

• शिशवः: children
• शिशवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिशु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; Nominative Plural

• गुरवः: elders/teachers
• गुरवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; Nominative Plural

• तथा: also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; conjunction/adverb ‘also’

• नीवीबन्धनविश्लेषसमाकुलितचेतसः: whose minds were agitated by the loosening of the waist-knot
• नीवीबन्धनविश्लेषसमाकुलितचेतसः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नीवी + बन्धन + विश्लेष + समाकुलित + चेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; Nominative Plural; समासः—तत्पुरुष (बहुपद-विशेषण: ‘minds disturbed by the loosening of the waist-cloth knot’)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Inside a house: children cry and elders scold; garments and waist-bands loosen in the scramble; faces show confusion as the household is left in disarray.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It portrays how uncontrolled emotion disrupts household order, preparing the moral arc where dharma and sacred context reassert balance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is embedded in a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter of Nāgarakhaṇḍa, but the tīrtha name is not present in this excerpt.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.