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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

ज्ञात्वा रुद्रमसंतुष्टं ततो रौद्रं तपोऽकरोत् । विनिष्कृत्त्यात्ममांसानि जुहोतिस्म हुताशने

Transliteration

jñātvā rudramasaṃtuṣṭaṃ tato raudraṃ tapo'karot | viniṣkṛttyātmamāṃsāni juhotisma hutāśane

Translation

Sachant que Rudra n'était pas encore satisfait, il entreprit alors une austérité terrible : coupant des morceaux de sa propre chair, il les offrit au feu sacrificiel.

Word by Word
ज्ञात्वाhaving known
ज्ञात्वा:
Kriya-visheṣaṇa (पूर्वक्रिया/Adverbial to main verb)
TypeVerb
Rootज्ञा (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावः; धातु: ज्ञा; पूर्वकालक्रिया (having known)
रुद्रम्Rudra (Śiva)
रुद्रम्:
Karma (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootरुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन
असंतुष्टम्unsatisfied, displeased
असंतुष्टम्:
Karma-viśeṣaṇa (Object qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-संतुष्ट (प्रातिपदिक; संतुष् धातु-निष्पन्न कृदन्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying रुद्रम्)
ततःthen
ततः:
Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverb)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; काल/क्रमवाचक (then/thereupon)
रौद्रम्fierce, terrible
रौद्रम्:
Karma-viśeṣaṇa (Object qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootरौद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying तपः)
तपःausterity, penance
तपः:
Karma (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootतपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
अकरोत्did, performed
अकरोत्:
Kriya (Main verb)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formलङ्-लकार (Imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्
विनिष्कृत्यhaving cut out, having extracted
विनिष्कृत्य:
Kriya-visheṣaṇa (पूर्वक्रिया/Adverbial)
TypeVerb
Rootवि-निष्-कृ (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावः; धातु: वि-निष्-कृ; पूर्वकालक्रिया (having cut out/removed)
आत्ममांसानिhis own flesh (pieces)
आत्ममांसानि:
Karma (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + मांस (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (आत्मनः मांसानि = one's own flesh pieces)
जुहोतिoffers (into fire)
जुहोति:
Kriya (with स्म indicating past habitual)
TypeVerb
Rootहु (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्
स्मindeed/used to (past marker)
स्म:
Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस्म (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; स्म-प्रयोगः (past/habitual marker with verb)
हुताशनेin the fire (Agni)
हुताशने:
Adhikarana (Location)
TypeNoun
Rootहुताशन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन
Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A lone ascetic-asura before a blazing homa-fire, body marked by wounds, offering pieces of flesh into the flames; the sky darkens with raudra energy, yet a subtle Śiva-liṅga aura or trident-sign appears as the tapas peaks.

Characters & Entities
R
Rudra
A
Agni
T
Tāraka

FAQs

It highlights the extreme intensity asuras may adopt for boons, contrasting outer severity with the deeper question of dharmic intention.

The austerity continues in the Gokarṇa tīrtha context established earlier in the chapter.

Homa-like offering into Agni is mentioned (offering into hutāśana), though described here as an extreme ascetic act rather than a normative rite.

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