Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

ततः शक्रेण तुष्टेन प्रोक्तः संग्रामभूमिपः । क्षत विक्षतसर्वांगो रुधिरेण परिप्लुतः

Transliteration

tataḥ śakreṇa tuṣṭena proktaḥ saṃgrāmabhūmipaḥ | kṣata vikṣatasarvāṃgo rudhireṇa pariplutaḥ

Translation

Alors Śakra (Indra), satisfait, lui adressa la parole sur le champ de bataille : tout son corps était tailladé et meurtri, ruisselant de sang.

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kala-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (then/thereafter)

• शक्रेण: by Śakra (Indra)
• शक्रेण: Kartr-karana (Agent in passive/कर्तृ-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• तुष्टेन: pleased
• तुष्टेन: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (शक्रेण)

• प्रोक्तः: addressed/spoken (to)
• प्रोक्तः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु) + क्त
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; (अर्थः ‘addressed/said to’)

• संग्रामभूमिपः: lord/king of the battlefield
• संग्रामभूमिपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संग्राम + भूमिप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (संग्रामभूमेः पः/पालकः)

• क्षत: wounded
• क्षत: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; (अत्र अव्ययवत्/विशेषणरूपेण ‘wounded’)

• विक्षतसर्वाङ्गः: whose whole body was wounded
• विक्षतसर्वाङ्गः: Visheshana (Qualifier of saṃgrāmabhūmipaḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विक्षत + सर्व + अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (विक्षतानि सर्वाणि अङ्गानि यस्य)

• रुधिरेण: with blood
• रुधिरेण: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुधिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• परिप्लुतः: flooded/covered
• परिप्लुतः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + प्लु (धातु) + क्त
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (narrating); direct speaker introduced: Śakra (Indra) in next verse

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A war-torn field: the elephant-faced hero stands wounded, limbs cut and bruised, blood flowing; Indra approaches, pleased, to speak words of honor amid fallen Dānavas.

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Gaṇeśa (implied addressee)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even divine protectors accept hardship for the sake of cosmic order; gratitude and recognition of dharmic service are themselves virtues.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is narrative (battlefield scene) and does not specify a tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.