Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

भ्रातुर्वधकृतं वैरं स्मरमाणस्ततः परम् । तद्वधार्थं समायातो राक्षसैर्बहुभिर्वृतः

Transliteration

bhrāturvadhakṛtaṃ vairaṃ smaramāṇastataḥ param | tadvadhārthaṃ samāyāto rākṣasairbahubhirvṛtaḥ

Translation

Se souvenant de l'inimitié née du meurtre de son frère, il vint alors pour le tuer, entouré de nombreux Rākṣasas.

Word by Word

• भ्रातुः: of (his) brother
• भ्रातुः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• वध: killing
• वध: सम्बन्ध (member of compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (stem in compound), एकवचन (Singular)

• कृतम्: done/made
• कृतम्: सम्बन्ध (member of compound)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nominative/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); समासाङ्ग (in compound)

• वैरम्: enmity/hostility
• वैरम्: कर्म (Object of स्मरमाणः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); समासः भ्रातुः-वध-कृत-वैर (enmity caused by brother's killing)

• स्मरमाणः: remembering
• स्मरमाणः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु) + शतृ (वर्तमान कृदन्त)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमान कृदन्त (present active participle), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• ततः: thereafter/from that
• ततः: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय/तद्-तसिल्)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (from that/thereafter)

• परम्: further/next
• परम्: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-प्रयोग (adverbial accusative), क्रमवाचक (further/next)

• तत्: of him/that
• तत्: सम्बन्ध (member of compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th) एकवचन-सम्बन्ध (in compound: 'of him/that')

• वध: killing
• वध: सम्बन्ध (member of compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), समासाङ्ग (in compound)

• अर्थम्: for the purpose
• अर्थम्: प्रयोजन (Purpose)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); समासः तद्-वध-अर्थ (for the purpose of killing him)

• समायातः: came/arrived
• समायातः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+आ+या (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle used finitely), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• राक्षसैः: by demons
• राक्षसैः: करण (Instrument/agent in passive sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• बहुभिः: many
• बहुभिः: विशेषण (Adjectival to राक्षसैः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण (qualifier of राक्षसैः)

• वृतः: surrounded
• वृतः: कर्ता (Subject; predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Sūta (implied)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vengeful rākṣasa, mind fixed on his slain elder brother, advances with a retinue of rākṣasas—dust rising, weapons glinting, the king’s solitude contrasted against the approaching swarm.

Characters & Entities

• rākṣasa
• bhrātṛ (brother)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unresolved violence breeds vaira and perpetuates retaliation; Purāṇic narratives warn against the self-renewing cycle of enmity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.