Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

एतस्मिन्नंतरे सिंहः स तस्या ज्योतिसंभवः । जग्राह पश्चिमे भागे दंष्ट्राग्रैर्निशितैः क्रुधा

Transliteration

etasminnaṃtare siṃhaḥ sa tasyā jyotisaṃbhavaḥ | jagrāha paścime bhāge daṃṣṭrāgrairniśitaiḥ krudhā

Translation

അന്നേ നിമിഷം അവളുടെ ജ്യോതിയിൽ നിന്നു ജനിച്ച സിംഹം ക്രോധത്തോടെ പിന്നിൽ നിന്ന് മൂർച്ചയുള്ള ദംഷ്ട്രാഗ്രങ്ങളാൽ അവനെ പിടിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• etasmin: in this
• etasmin: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-विशेषण (demonstrative)

• antare: interval, meantime
• antare: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: antara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; स्थानवाचक

• siṃhaḥ: lion
• siṃhaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siṃha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• tasyāḥ: of her
• tasyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• jyoti-saṃbhavaḥ: born of light
• jyoti-saṃbhavaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jyotis (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (jyotiṣaḥ saṃbhavaḥ)

• jagrāha: seized
• jagrāha: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: grah (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्शभूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• paścime: on the western
• paścime: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: paścima (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; स्थानवाचक विशेषण

• bhāge: part, side
• bhāge: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• daṃṣṭrāgraiḥ: with the tips of (his) fangs
• daṃṣṭrāgraiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daṃṣṭrā (प्रातिपदिक) + agra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (daṃṣṭrāyāḥ agraṃ)

• niśitaiḥ: sharp
• niśitaiḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: niśita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; (daṃṣṭrāgraiḥ) इति विशेषण

• krudhā: in anger
• krudhā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: krudhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; भाववाचक (manner)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant Goddess stands poised as her lion, born of her own jyotis, lunges from behind and clamps sharp fangs into the asura’s back; the moment is frozen in fierce motion.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Siṃha (lion)
• jyoti (radiance)
• Daitya (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The divine’s protecting power operates through many forms; śakti and her vāhana together uphold dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not explicitly stated in this verse; it remains part of the chapter’s broader tīrtha-māhātmya setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.