Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

सुस्राव रुधिरं भूरि गैरिकं पर्वतो यथा । ततः कोपपरीतात्मा निवृत्त्याथ शनैः शनैः

Transliteration

susrāva rudhiraṃ bhūri gairikaṃ parvato yathā | tataḥ kopaparītātmā nivṛttyātha śanaiḥ śanaiḥ

Translation

山から赤土が流れ出るように、彼からは大量の血が流れ出た。そして、怒りに心を包まれながら、彼は一歩一歩、ゆっくりと退却した。

Word by Word

• सुस्राव: flowed forth
• सुस्राव: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्रु (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• रुधिरम्: blood
• रुधिरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुधिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• भूरि: much, abundant
• भूरि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूरि (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), परिमाण/बहुत्ववाचक (quantifier/adverbial)

• गैरिकम्: reddish/ochre-like
• गैरिकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गैरिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular); रुधिरम् इति विशेषणम्

• पर्वतः: a mountain
• पर्वतः: Upamana (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• यथा: as, like
• यथा: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), उपमानवाचक (comparative particle: 'as/like')

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Temporal locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), काल/क्रमवाचक (then/thereupon)

• कोपपरीतात्मा: one whose mind was overcome by anger
• कोपपरीतात्मा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोप (प्रातिपदिक) + परीता (कृदन्त, √इ/√या) + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारयभावः: 'कोपेन परीता आत्मा यस्य'

• निवृत्त्या: by withdrawing/turning back
• निवृत्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निवृत्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (singular)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (then/now)

• शनैः: slowly
• शनैः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शनैः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• शनैः: very slowly
• शनैः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शनैः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), पुनरुक्ति (reduplication for emphasis)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Tīrthamāhātmya; speaker not explicit in verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A wounded aggressor staggers back; thick blood pours like red ochre down a rocky slope; his face is twisted with rage as he retreats step by step, dust and iron scent in the air.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (implied)
• Mahiṣa (implied)
• Rudhirā (blood imagery)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma culminates in suffering and retreat; the Devī’s protection of cosmic order is portrayed as inevitable.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.