Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

तेऽपि शक्रसमादेशात्समस्तधरणीतलम् । तत्क्षणात्पूरयामासुर्गर्जन्तो विद्युदन्विताः

Transliteration

te'pi śakrasamādeśātsamastadharaṇītalam | tatkṣaṇātpūrayāmāsurgarjanto vidyudanvitāḥ

Translation

Obéissant à l’ordre d’Indra, elles remplirent aussitôt toute la surface de la terre, grondant de tonnerre et accompagnées d’éclairs.

Word by Word

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), समुच्चय/अपि-भाव

• śakra-samādeśāt: from Indra's command
• śakra-samādeśāt: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/हेतु-अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakra + samādeśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; हेतौ/अपादाने (from/because of the command)

• samasta-dharaṇī-talam: the entire earth-surface
• samasta-dharaṇī-talam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: samasta (प्रातिपदिक) + dharaṇī + tala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म (object)

• tat-kṣaṇāt: immediately
• tat-kṣaṇāt: Apadana (Temporal source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; काल-अपादान (from that moment)

• pūrayāmāsuḥ: filled
• pūrayāmāsuḥ: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pṝ (धातु) (पूरणे)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद; causative sense not intended here (simple perfect of pūray-)

• garjantaḥ: roaring
• garjantaḥ: Karta (Agent qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √garj (धातु) + śatṛ (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त (present active participle)

• vidyut-anvitāḥ: accompanied by lightning
• vidyut-anvitāḥ: Karta (Agent qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vidyut (प्रातिपदिक) + anvita (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; तृतीया-तत्पुरुषः (vidyutā anvitaḥ)

Speaker

Narrative (contextual; likely Sūta as frame-narrator in Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vahnitīrtha (contextual)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Puṣkarāvartaka clouds, roaring with thunder and streaked with lightning, pour rain so intensely that the earth appears instantly flooded/filled.

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine order (ājñā) harmonizes nature itself; sacred events unfold swiftly when aligned with dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage forms part of the lead-up to Vahnitīrtha’s manifestation in Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly in this verse; it describes the miraculous, world-filling rain with thunder and lightning.