Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

अभिषिक्तं तदा वृत्रं स्वराज्ये तेऽसुरादयः । श्रुत्वाभिषेकं संहृष्टास्तस्य वृत्रस्य बांधवाः

Transliteration

abhiṣiktaṃ tadā vṛtraṃ svarājye te'surādayaḥ | śrutvābhiṣekaṃ saṃhṛṣṭāstasya vṛtrasya bāṃdhavāḥ

Translation

വൃത്രൻ തന്റെ സ്വരാജ്യത്തിൽ അഭിഷിക്തനായപ്പോൾ, അസുരാദികളായ അവന്റെ ബന്ധുക്കൾ ആ അഭിഷേകവാർത്ത കേട്ട് അത്യന്തം സന്തോഷിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• अभिषिक्तम्: anointed, consecrated
• अभिषिक्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभि-√सिच् (धातु) → अभिषिक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा, एकवचन (here: कर्मपद-विशेषण)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• वृत्रम्: Vṛtra
• वृत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• स्वराज्ये: in (his) own kingdom
• स्वराज्ये: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व-राज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (स्वस्य राज्ये = in his own kingdom)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन

• असुरादयः: the asuras and others
• असुरादयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असुर + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; समासः तत्पुरुष (असुराः आदयः = asuras and others)

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Converb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• अभिषेकम्: the consecration
• अभिषेकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभिषेक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• संहृष्टाः: delighted, overjoyed
• संहृष्टाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-√हृष् (धातु) → संहृष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (कर्तृ-विशेषण)

• तस्य: of him/that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• वृत्रस्य: of Vṛtra
• वृत्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• बांधवाः: kinsmen, relatives
• बांधवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बान्धव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not explicit in the provided excerpt)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Messengers announce the abhiṣeka; asura kinsmen gather with banners and instruments, faces bright with celebration; the newly consecrated ruler appears in the background on a throne.

Characters & Entities

• Vṛtra
• Asuras

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇas show how collective identity and loyalty can amplify conflict; joy at power can quickly turn into a cause for further strife when detached from dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The shloka itself is narrative and does not specify a named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual prescription is stated; the verse reports the event of abhiṣeka.