Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 94

Devanagari script

एतस्मिन्नंतरे देवाः संप्रहृष्टतनूरुहाः । सूत्रं विनिहतं दृष्ट्वा तुष्टुवुस्त्रिदशाधिपम्

Transliteration

etasminnaṃtare devāḥ saṃprahṛṣṭatanūruhāḥ | sūtraṃ vinihataṃ dṛṣṭvā tuṣṭuvustridaśādhipam

Translation

Cependant, les dieux, transportés de joie au point d’en avoir le poil hérissé, voyant l’ennemi terrassé, célébrèrent Indra, seigneur des trente dieux.

Word by Word

• एतस्मिन्: in this
• एतस्मिन्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अन्तरे: in the meantime, in the interval
• अन्तरे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘अन्तरे’ = in the interval/meanwhile

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• सम्-प्रहृष्ट-तनू-रुहाः: with bristling hairs (thrilled with joy)
• सम्-प्रहृष्ट-तनू-रुहाः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग) + प्रहृष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √हृष्) + तनू (प्रातिपदिक) + रुह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—‘सम्प्रहृष्टाः तनूरुहाः येषां ते’ (whose body-hairs stood thrilled)

• सूत्रम्: the thread/cord
• सूत्रम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• विनिहतम्: struck down, destroyed
• विनिहतम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि+नि+हत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √हन्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; क्त (PPP)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having seen’

• तुष्टुवुः: praised
• तुष्टुवुः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्तु (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• त्रिदश-अधिपम्: lord of the thirty gods (Indra)
• त्रिदश-अधिपम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिदश (प्रातिपदिक) + अधिप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; त्रिदशानाम् अधिपः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

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

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The devas, thrilled with gooseflesh, gather and hymn Indra; a radiant assembly with raised hands, garlands, and celestial instruments.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Tridaśādhipa (Indra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Outer triumph brings praise, but Purāṇic dharma soon turns attention to inner purity and the consequences of violence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it remains within the broader tīrtha-māhātmya storyline.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None stated; this is a narrative stuti (praise) moment.