Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

रणे बद्धोऽसि येन त्वं जीवन्मुक्तः पितुर्गिरा । विविधैः सत्कृतो रत्नैर्युक्तं तस्य हृता वधूः

Transliteration

raṇe baddho'si yena tvaṃ jīvanmuktaḥ piturgirā | vividhaiḥ satkṛto ratnairyuktaṃ tasya hṛtā vadhūḥ

Translation

戦場で汝を縛った者——父の言葉により汝は生きて解き放たれたが——のちに種々の宝玉をもって厚く遇された。しかれども、その正妻さえ奪い去られた。

Word by Word

• रणे: in battle
• रणे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• बद्धः: bound
• बद्धः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बन्ध् (धातु) → बद्ध (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• असि: you are
• असि: Kriyā (Copula/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• येन: by whom/whereby
• येन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• जीवन्मुक्तः: liberated while living
• जीवन्मुक्तः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जीवत् (कृदन्त) + मुक्त (कृदन्त); समासः
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (जीवन् एव मुक्तः)

• पितुः: of (your) father
• पितुः: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• गिरा: by the word/command
• गिरा: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिर् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• विविधैः: with various
• विविधैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• सत्कृतः: honoured
• सत्कृतः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत् + कृ (धातु) → सत्कृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• रत्नैः: with jewels
• रत्नैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• युक्तम्: endowed/connected
• युक्तम्: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate to implied 'idam')
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज् (धातु) → युक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (रत्नैः सह)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• हृता: stolen/abducted
• हृता: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृ (धातु) → हृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• वधूः: wife/bride
• वधूः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वधू (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Vṛndā (in reproach/accusation, within the narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājā (frame) / Viṣṇu (in-scene)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vṛndārikā recounts injustice: the one who once bound Viṣṇu in battle is later honored with jewels, yet his wife is taken—an image of moral disorder.

Characters & Entities

• Vṛndā
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly honor and gifts cannot erase the adharma of violating another’s marriage; injustice ripens into suffering through karma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse sits inside the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya framework; the immediate line emphasizes moral causality within the tīrtha-narrative rather than naming a distinct site in this snippet.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

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