Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

शक्रोऽपि गौतमं दृष्ट्वा पलायनपरायणः । निर्जगामाश्रमात्तस्माद्विवस्त्रोऽपि भयाकुलः

Transliteration

śakro'pi gautamaṃ dṛṣṭvā palāyanaparāyaṇaḥ | nirjagāmāśramāttasmādvivastro'pi bhayākulaḥ

Translation

ശക്രനും ഗൗതമനെ കണ്ട ഉടൻ ഓടിപ്പോകാൻ മാത്രം തുനിഞ്ഞു. ഭയാകുലനായി, വസ്ത്രങ്ങളില്ലാതെയും ആ ആശ്രമത്തിൽ നിന്ന് പുറത്തേക്ക് പാഞ്ഞുപോയി.

Word by Word

• शक्रः: Śakra (Indra)
• शक्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्ता

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), समुच्चय/अपेक्षा

• गौतमम्: Gautama
• गौतमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौतम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म (object) of दृष्ट्वा

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purva-kala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) + क्त्वा
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund)

• पलायनपरायणः: intent on fleeing
• पलायनपरायणः: Visheshana (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पलायन + परायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण of शक्रः; ‘पलायने परायणः’

• निर्जगाम: went out, departed
• निर्जगाम: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर्-गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• आश्रमात्: from the hermitage
• आश्रमात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; अपादान (source)

• तस्मात्: from there
• तस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; अपादान/निर्देश (from there)

• विवस्त्रः: naked, without clothes
• विवस्त्रः: Visheshana (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-वस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण of शक्रः

• अपि: even
• अपि: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• भयाकुलः: agitated with fear
• भयाकुलः: Visheshana (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भय + आकुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण of शक्रः; ‘भयेन आकुलः’

Speaker

Viśvāmitra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra, panic-stricken and ashamed, bolts from the hermitage, even unclothed, while the austere forest and āśrama stand as silent witnesses.

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Gautama
• Āśrama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma brings fear and loss of dignity; inner guilt manifests as outward disgrace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha; the āśrama itself is portrayed as a sacred space whose purity cannot be violated without consequence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.