Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

देवरातसुतं सुप्तं भक्षयित्वा ततः परम् । तत्कुटुंबं समग्रं च क्रोधेन महतान्विताः

Transliteration

devarātasutaṃ suptaṃ bhakṣayitvā tataḥ param | tatkuṭuṃbaṃ samagraṃ ca krodhena mahatānvitāḥ

Translation

デーヴァラータの息子が眠っている間に彼を食らい、その後、激しい怒りに満ちて、彼の一家全員をも食らい尽くした。

Word by Word

• देवरातसुतम्: Devarāta’s son
• देवरातसुतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवरात + सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘देवरातस्य सुतः’

• सुप्तम्: asleep
• सुप्तम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त; सुप्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (asleep)

• भक्षयित्वा: having devoured
• भक्षयित्वा: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial to main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भक्ष् (धातु) + क्त्वा
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive): ‘having eaten/devoured’

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक

• परम्: next
• परम्: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययप्राय; ‘next/further’

• तत्कुटुम्बम्: his family
• तत्कुटुम्बम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत् + कुटुम्ब (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘तस्य कुटुम्बम्’

• समग्रम्: entire
• समग्रम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• च: and
• च: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• क्रोधेन: with anger
• क्रोधेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• महता: great
• महता: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (great)

• अन्विताः: endowed (with)
• अन्विताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्वि (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त; अन्वित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (endowed/possessed)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; within the Tīrthamāhātmya frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Camatkārapura (Devarāta episode)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Night scene: nāgas enter silently; a sleeping child is seized; the household is overwhelmed as wrathful serpents coil through rooms, lamps topple, and terror spreads.

Characters & Entities

• Devarāta
• Nāgas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The narrative conveys that violence can trigger escalating cycles of harm; Purāṇic stories often warn against adharma by showing its devastating spread.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The episode belongs to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra tīrtha framework in Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.