Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 91

Devanagari script

अन्येषां निहतानां च रुदंत्यो निकटस्थिताः । स पश्यति प्रिया भार्याः प्रलपंत्योऽतिदुःखिताः

Transliteration

anyeṣāṃ nihatānāṃ ca rudaṃtyo nikaṭasthitāḥ | sa paśyati priyā bhāryāḥ pralapaṃtyo'tiduḥkhitāḥ

Translation

近くでは、殺された者たちの上で泣いている女たちを見た。また、悲しみに打ちひしがれて嘆き悲しむ愛妻たちの姿も見た。

Word by Word

• anyeṣām: of others
• anyeṣām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)

• nihatānām: of the slain
• nihatānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ni-√han (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)

• rudantyaḥ: weeping
• rudantyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: rud (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present active participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• nikaṭa-sthitāḥ: standing nearby
• nikaṭa-sthitāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nikaṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + sthita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √sthā)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास ('standing near'), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• paśyati: sees
• paśyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: paś (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• priyāḥ: beloved
• priyāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: priyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• bhāryāḥ: wives
• bhāryāḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāryā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• pralapantyaḥ: lamenting
• pralapantyaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa/Karta (Descriptive subject/विशेषण-कर्तृ)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√lap (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present active participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ati-duḥkhitāḥ: very sorrowful
• ati-duḥkhitāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ati (अव्यय) + duḥkhita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √duḥkh)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमास ('excessively distressed'), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice within the Tīrthamāhātmya frame; specific speaker not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Women stand near the slain, weeping and lamenting; beloved wives cry out in intense sorrow—quiet devastation after the clash.

Characters & Entities

• Andhaka
• Dānavas (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Violence rooted in adharma spreads suffering beyond the battlefield; the Purāṇas highlight compassion and the weight of consequences.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified within this verse; it remains part of the larger tīrtha-glorification context of the chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual or vrata is mentioned here.