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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

सूत उवाच । एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु विश्वामित्रो महामुनिः । तां शक्तिं व्यर्थतां प्राप्तां ज्ञात्वा कोपसमन्वितः

Transliteration

sūta uvāca | etasminneva kāle tu viśvāmitro mahāmuniḥ | tāṃ śaktiṃ vyarthatāṃ prāptāṃ jñātvā kopasamanvitaḥ

Translation

സൂതൻ പറഞ്ഞു—അന്നേ സമയത്ത് മഹാമുനി വിശ്വാമിത്രൻ തന്റെ ശക്തി വ്യർത്ഥമായതായി അറിഞ്ഞ് ക്രോധം നിറഞ്ഞവനായി.

Word by Word
सूतःSūta
सूतः:
Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसूत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम् (Singular)
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriya (Predicate action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम् (Singular), परस्मैपदम्
एतस्मिन्in this
एतस्मिन्:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसकलिङ्गे सप्तमीविभक्तिः (Locative/7th), एकवचनम् (Singular)
एवindeed/just
एव:
Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअव्ययम्; अवधारणार्थक-निपातः (emphatic particle)
कालेat the time
काले:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootकाल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे सप्तमीविभक्तिः (Locative/7th), एकवचनम् (Singular)
तुbut/indeed
तु:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्ययम्; निपातः (particle)
विश्वामित्रःViśvāmitra
विश्वामित्रः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootविश्वामित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम् (Singular)
महामुनिःthe great sage
महामुनिः:
Karta (Appositive subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमहा (प्रातिपदिक) + मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम् (Singular); कर्मधारयः
ताम्that
ताम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्गे द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचनम् (Singular)
शक्तिम्power/weapon (śakti)
शक्तिम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootशक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्गे द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचनम् (Singular)
व्यर्थताम्futility/ineffectiveness
व्यर्थताम्:
Karma (Object/complement/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootव्यर्थता (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्गे द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचनम् (Singular)
प्राप्ताम्having become/attained
प्राप्ताम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्र + आप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (Past Passive Participle/क्त); स्त्रीलिङ्गे द्वितीया (Acc./2nd), एकवचनम् (Singular)
ज्ञात्वाhaving known
ज्ञात्वा:
Kriya (Prior action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootज्ञा (धातु) + त्वा (कृदन्त)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्तः (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकालिकः (prior action)
कोपसमन्वितःfilled with anger
कोपसमन्वितः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootकोप (प्रातिपदिक) + समन्वित (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
Formपुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम् (Singular); तृतीया-तत्पुरुषः (endowed with anger)
Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dhārā-tīrtha / Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (narrative setting)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viśvāmitra stands austere yet furious, matted hair and staff, eyes blazing; the atmosphere tightens as he realizes his śakti has become ineffective; disciples recoil; the kṣetra’s sacred landscape looms.

Characters & Entities
S
Sūta
V
Viśvāmitra

FAQs

When spiritual power is thwarted, unchecked anger can arise—setting the stage for further dharmic instruction through ensuing events.

The broader Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra tīrthamāhātmya frame continues, though this verse begins a new narrative episode.

None; it introduces the next storyline featuring Viśvāmitra.

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