Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

भट्टिकापि जगामाशु स्वाश्रमं प्रति दुःखिता । भयत्रस्तैः समंताच्च वीक्ष्यमाणा महोरगैः

Transliteration

bhaṭṭikāpi jagāmāśu svāśramaṃ prati duḥkhitā | bhayatrastaiḥ samaṃtācca vīkṣyamāṇā mahoragaiḥ

Translation

ഭട്ടികയും ദുഃഖിതയായി വേഗത്തിൽ തന്റെ ആശ്രമത്തിലേക്ക് പോയി. ഭയത്താൽ വിറച്ച മഹാനാഗങ്ങൾ അവളെ ചുറ്റുമെല്ലാം നോക്കി നിന്നു.

Word by Word

• भट्टिका: Bhaṭṭikā (a woman named Bhaṭṭikā)
• भट्टिका: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भट्टिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Sambandha/Particle (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-प्रयोग (particle: ‘also/even’)

• जगाम: went
• जगाम: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• आशु: quickly
• आशु: Kriya-visheshaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आशु (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• स्वाश्रमम्: to her own hermitage
• स्वाश्रमम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + आश्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (स्वस्य आश्रमः)

• प्रति: towards
• प्रति: Direction/Adhikaraṇa (देश-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्ग/पूर्वपद-निपात (preposition-like indeclinable: ‘towards’)

• दुःखिता: distressed
• दुःखिता: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुःखित (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-विशेषण)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• भयत्रस्तैः: by (those) frightened (with fear)
• भयत्रस्तैः: Hetu/Instrument (करण/हेतु)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भय (प्रातिपदिक) + त्रस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural); तत्पुरुष (भयेन त्रस्त)

• समन्तात्: from all sides
• समन्तात्: Desha (देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्तात् (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘on all sides’)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Conjunction (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• वीक्ष्यमाणा: being watched/seen
• वीक्ष्यमाणा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमान-कर्मणि-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘being looked at’

• महोरगैः: by great serpents
• महोरगैः: Karana/Agent in passive (करण/कर्तृ-भाव)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महोरग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural); कर्मधारय (महान् उरगः)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya discourse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bhaṭṭikā, sorrowful, hastens toward her hermitage path while large serpents coil and rise on either side, watching with fearful agitation; the landscape feels tense and deserted.

Characters & Entities

• Bhaṭṭikā
• mahā-uraga (great serpents)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

After witnessing dharmic power, even the hostile become subdued; sorrow prompts reflection and course-correction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse references an āśrama setting within the tīrtha-māhātmya narrative; the exact tīrtha is not named here.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly.