Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

गतश्चादर्शनं सद्यः सर्वेषां क्षितिवासिनाम् । चित्ते कोपं समाधाय शक्रस्योपरि भूरिशः

Transliteration

gataścādarśanaṃ sadyaḥ sarveṣāṃ kṣitivāsinām | citte kopaṃ samādhāya śakrasyopari bhūriśaḥ

Translation

Et aussitôt il disparut aux yeux de tous les habitants de la terre ; puis, fixant la colère en son cœur, ce puissant tourna son courroux contre Śakra (Indra).

Word by Word

• गतः: went/has gone
• गतः: Karta (Predicate adjective of subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘gone’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• अदर्शनम्: to invisibility/out of sight
• अदर्शनम्: Gati/Karma (Goal as object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; गत्यर्थे (to invisibility)

• सद्यः: immediately
• सद्यः: Kāla (Temporal adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सद्यः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (immediately)

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक (सामान्य), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• क्षितिवासिनाम्: of the inhabitants of the earth
• क्षितिवासिनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive dependent on अदर्शनम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षिति + वासिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (क्षिति-वासिन् = ‘earth-dweller’); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन

• चित्ते: in (his) mind
• चित्ते: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• कोपम्: anger
• कोपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• समाधाय: having placed/harbored
• समाधाय: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-धा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), अव्ययभावः; धातु: धा (to place) उपसर्ग: सम्+आ

• शक्रस्य: of Śakra (Indra)
• शक्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• उपरि: upon/against
• उपरि: Adhikaraṇa/Pratiyogin (on/upon)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उपरि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्ग/क्रियाविशेषण (preposition/adverb)

• भूरिशः: Bhūriśa (name/epithet)
• भूरिशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूरिश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; विशेष-नाम/उपाधि

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A powerful figure disappears from the gaze of earth-dwellers; in the next beat, his unseen presence is felt as stormy energy aimed upward toward Indra’s realm.

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unchecked anger obscures clarity and leads beings—even the mighty—into conflict; dharma favors restraint and right intention.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse belongs to the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya setting in Adhyāya 90; the immediate shloka itself does not name a specific tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None is stated in this verse.