Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

ऋषय ऊचुः । कीदृङनागभयं तेषां येन ते विगता विभो । परित्यज्य निजं स्थानमेतन्नो विस्तराद्वद

Transliteration

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | kīdṛṅanāgabhayaṃ teṣāṃ yena te vigatā vibho | parityajya nijaṃ sthānametanno vistarādvada

Translation

ઋષિઓ બોલ્યા—હે વિભો! એવો કેવો નાગભય હતો કે જેના કારણે તેઓ પોતાનું સ્થાન ત્યજીને ચાલ્યા ગયા? આ અમને વિસ્તારે કહો।

Word by Word

• ṛṣayaḥ: the sages
• ṛṣayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• ūcuḥ: said
• ūcuḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

• kīdṛk: what kind of
• kīdṛk: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kīdṛś (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक विशेषण

• nāga-bhayam: fear of a serpent
• nāga-bhayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāga + bhaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• yena: by which/whereby
• yena: Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक (relative)

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

• vigatāḥ: departed/went away
• vigatāḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi + gam (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त-क्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोग

• vibho: O mighty one
• vibho: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vibhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• parityajya: having abandoned
• parityajya: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari + tyaj (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• nijam: their own
• nijam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• sthānam: place
• sthānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• naḥ: to us/for us
• naḥ: Sampradana/Sambandha (to us/of us)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; एन्क्लिटिक रूप

• vistarāt: in detail
• vistarāt: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vistara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे (in detail, as an adverbial ablative)

• vada: tell/speak
• vada: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vad (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Ṛṣis (Sages)

Characters & Entities

• Ṛṣis

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Scriptural understanding grows through respectful inquiry; sages seek causes behind events to discern dharma and meaning.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this question-verse; it advances the sacred-history narrative within the tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is an inquiry prompting the next explanatory section.