Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु आक्रन्दः सुमहानभूत् । वृकस्य सैनिकानां च नारीणां च विशेषतः

Transliteration

etasminneva kāle tu ākrandaḥ sumahānabhūt | vṛkasya sainikānāṃ ca nārīṇāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ

Translation

એ જ સમયે અતિ મહાન રોદન ઊઠ્યું—વિશેષ કરીને વૃકના સૈનિકોમાં અને સ્ત્રીઓમાં તો વધુ જ.

Word by Word

• एतस्मिन्: at this
• एतस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुं, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अवधारण)

• काले: time
• काले: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• तु: but; and then
• तु: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (विरोध/अन्वयबोधक)

• आक्रन्दः: a cry; wailing
• आक्रन्दः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ākranda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• सुमहान्: very great
• सुमहान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su- (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + mahān (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण— ‘अतिमहान्’

• अभूत्: arose; occurred
• अभूत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• वृकस्य: of Vṛka
• वृकस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛka (प्रातिपदिक; व्यक्तिनाम/नाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• सैनिकानाम्: of the soldiers
• सैनिकानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sainika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय)

• नारीणाम्: of the women
• नारीणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय)

• विशेषतः: especially
• विशेषतः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: viśeṣatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘especially’

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; within Nāgara-khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya context)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijottamāḥ

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sudden, immense cry rises from the camp—soldiers clutch weapons in confusion; women in the inner quarters wail, hair loosened, arms raised, as doom becomes certain.

Characters & Entities

• Vṛka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly power and conflict culminate in grief; Dharma-centered order alone steadies society.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya stream; the specific tīrtha name is not stated in this single śloka.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual (snāna, dāna, japa, vrata) is prescribed in this verse.