Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 38
Devanagari script
सूत उवाच । एवमुक्त्त्वा ततस्तौ च बाहुयुद्धेन वै मिथः । युध्यमानौ नरैरन्यैः कृच्छ्रेण तु निवारितौ
Transliteration
sūta uvāca | evamukttvā tatastau ca bāhuyuddhena vai mithaḥ | yudhyamānau narairanyaiḥ kṛcchreṇa tu nivāritau
Translation
സൂതൻ പറഞ്ഞു—ഇങ്ങനെ പറഞ്ഞ ശേഷം അവർ ഇരുവരും പരസ്പരം ബാഹുയുദ്ധത്തിൽ ഏർപ്പെട്ടു. യുദ്ധത്തിലിരിക്കെ മറ്റുള്ളവർ വലിയ പ്രയാസത്തോടെ അവരെ തടഞ്ഞു.
Word by Word
सूतःSūta (the narrator)
सूतः:
Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसूत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन
एवम्thus
एवम्:
Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner)
उक्त्वाhaving spoken
उक्त्वा:
Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु) + क्त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)
ततःthen
ततः:
Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; काल/क्रमवाचक (temporal/sequence adverb)
तौthose two
तौ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), द्विवचन; सर्वनाम
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)
बाहुयुद्धेनby arm-wrestling / by fighting with arms
बाहुयुद्धेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootबाहु + युद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-प्रायः (arm-fight)
वैindeed
वै:
Nipata (Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निश्चयार्थक/खलु-अर्थे (emphatic particle)
मिथःmutually
मिथः:
Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमिथः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; परस्परार्थक (reciprocal adverb)
युध्यमानौfighting
युध्यमानौ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootयुध् (धातु) + शानच् (शतृ-प्रत्यय)
Formवर्तमानकालिक कृदन्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन
नरैःby men
नरैः:
Kartr-karana (Agentive instrument/कर्ता-करण)
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन
अन्यैःother
अन्यैः:
Visheshana (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying नरैः)
कृच्छ्रेणwith difficulty
कृच्छ्रेण:
Kriya-visheshaṇa (Manner/Adverbial instrumental)
TypeNoun
Rootकृच्छ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; भाववाचक (manner)
तुbut
तु:
Nipata (Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; विरोध/विशेषार्थक (contrastive particle)
निवारितौwere restrained / stopped
निवारितौ:
Karma (Patient/कर्म)
TypeVerb
Rootनि + वृत् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन
Speaker
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa/Sūta narrator voice)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Two matched opponents grapple in a fierce arm-contest while bystanders strain to separate them; dust rises, garments pulled taut, faces tense with rage and pride.
Characters & Entities
S
SūtaFAQs
Unchecked anger leads to violence; society and dharma require restraint and de-escalation.
Not named in this particular verse.
None.