Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

तच्छ्रुत्वा कार्तिकेयस्य विशेषात्संप्रजायत । वक्त्रद्वारेण देवानां यथा कोपः समागतः

Transliteration

tacchrutvā kārtikeyasya viśeṣātsaṃprajāyata | vaktradvāreṇa devānāṃ yathā kopaḥ samāgataḥ

Translation

അതു കേട്ടപ്പോൾ കാർത്തികേയന്റെ കോപം പ്രത്യേകമായി അതിതീവ്രമായി ഉദിച്ചു; ദേവന്മാരുടെ കോപം അവരുടെ മുഖദ്വാരത്തിലൂടെ പ്രകടമായതുപോലെ.

Word by Word

• tat: that (it)
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (श्रु धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वकाल (having heard)

• kārtikeyasya: of Kārtikeya
• kārtikeyasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kārtikeya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• viśeṣāt: because of (his) special (reason)
• viśeṣāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (ablative of cause)

• saṃprajāyata: arose/was produced
• saṃprajāyata: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (जन् धातु) उपसर्ग: सम्+प्र; आत्मनेपद
• Form: लङ् (imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• vaktra-dvāreṇa: through the mouth-opening
• vaktra-dvāreṇa: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaktra (प्रातिपदिक) + dvāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (vaktrasya dvāram)

• devānām: of the gods
• devānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन

• yathā: as/just as
• yathā: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमान/प्रकारवाचक (comparative/manner particle)

• kopaḥ: anger
• kopaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kopa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• samāgataḥ: had come/arrived
• samāgataḥ: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-gam (गम् धातु) + क्त (past participle)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narration; speaker not explicit in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Skanda hears a provocation; a surge of controlled, cosmic wrath rises—depicted as a luminous, fiery breath-like force at the threshold of speech, echoing the gods’ collective anger.

Characters & Entities

• Kārttikeya
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Righteous indignation, when directed toward protecting dharma, becomes the seed of divine remedial action.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific holy site is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.