Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

एतस्मिन्नंतरे वह्नौ मर्त्यलोकाद्विनिर्गते । विशेषात्पीडिता लोका येऽवशिष्टा धरातले

Transliteration

etasminnaṃtare vahnau martyalokādvinirgate | viśeṣātpīḍitā lokā ye'vaśiṣṭā dharātale

Translation

Cependant, lorsque le Feu jaillit hors du monde des mortels, les êtres demeurés sur la terre furent accablés d’une souffrance plus intense encore.

Word by Word

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

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

• वह्नौ: when/while the fire (was)
• वह्नौ: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वह्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• मर्त्यलोकात्: from the mortal world
• मर्त्यलोकात्: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्य + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मर्त्यानां लोकः); पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Ablative/5th), एकवचन

• विनिर्गते: having gone out/departed
• विनिर्गते: Sati-saptamī (Circumstantial clause)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-निर्-गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी प्रयोग (locative absolute)

• विशेषात्: especially
• विशेषात्: Hetu/Adverbial (Cause/degree)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषणार्थे (especially)

• पीडिताः: afflicted
• पीडिताः: Karta (Predicate adjective of लोकाः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पीड् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘afflicted’

• लोकाः: people/worlds (beings)
• लोकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject of relative clause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative pronoun)

• अवशिष्टाः: remaining
• अवशिष्टाः: Karta (Predicate adjective of ये/लोकाः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-शिष् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘remaining’

• धरातले: on the earth’s surface
• धरातले: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धरा + तल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (धरायाः तलम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A parched, burning earth with beings collapsing under heat; shimmering air, cracked ground, animals and humans seeking shade and water as flames or heat-haze dominates the horizon.

Characters & Entities

• Vahni (Agni)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When cosmic balance is disturbed, suffering spreads widely; the Purāṇas imply the need for restoring order through divine and dharmic means.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The chapter is part of a Tīrthamāhātmya, but this particular verse does not specify a named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None is stated in this verse.