Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

ततश्चास्फोटयामास भूमौ कोपसमन्वितः । चक्रे चामिषखण्डं स पिष्ट्वापिष्ट्वा मुहुर्मुहुः

Transliteration

tataścāsphoṭayāmāsa bhūmau kopasamanvitaḥ | cakre cāmiṣakhaṇḍaṃ sa piṣṭvāpiṣṭvā muhurmuhuḥ

Translation

その時、彼は激怒に満ちて相手を地面に叩きつけ、何度も何度も押し潰して肉塊に変えた。

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/कालवाचक (then)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction: “and”)

• आस्फोटयामास: smashed (him) down
• आस्फोटयामास: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + स्फुट्/स्फोट् (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: लिट् (परफेक्ट), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिजन्त (causative perfect: “caused to be dashed/smashed”)

• भूमौ: on the ground
• भूमौ: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Locative singular)

• कोपसमन्वितः: filled with anger
• कोपसमन्वितः: Kartṛ-viśeṣaṇa (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कोप (प्रातिपदिक) + समन्वित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; सम्+अन्वि/इ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (कोपेन समन्वितः)

• चक्रे: made
• चक्रे: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परफेक्ट), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद (Perfect: “made/did”)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (and)

• आमिषखण्डम्: a piece of flesh
• आमिषखण्डम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आमिष (प्रातिपदिक) + खण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (आमिषस्य खण्डः)

• सः: he
• सः: Kartā (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन (Nominative singular)

• पिष्ट्वा: having crushed
• पिष्ट्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पिष् (धातु) + क्त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having crushed)

• अपिष्ट्वा: having crushed again
• अपिष्ट्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Iterated prior action/पुनरुक्त-पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + पिष् (धातु) + क्त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पुनरुक्त-क्रिया (having crushed again)

• मुहुः: again and again
• मुहुः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: “repeatedly”)

• मुहुः: again and again
• मुहुः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरुक्ति (reduplication for emphasis)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not stated in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king, consumed by rage, repeatedly smashes the opponent onto the earth; the scene is stark—dust clouds, broken ground, and a grim sense of irreversible harm.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma is ultimately crushed by dharmic power; yet the text also warns that anger can intensify violence beyond necessity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not directly named in this verse; it remains part of the tīrtha-māhātmya storyline.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.