Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

ततस्ते कोपसंयुक्ताः शक्राद्दृष्ट्वा पराभवम् । निवृत्य स्वाश्रमं गत्वा चक्रुर्मंत्रं सनिश्चयम्

Transliteration

tataste kopasaṃyuktāḥ śakrāddṛṣṭvā parābhavam | nivṛtya svāśramaṃ gatvā cakrurmaṃtraṃ saniścayam

Translation

അപ്പോൾ ശക്രനിൽ നിന്നുള്ള അപമാനം കണ്ട അവർ ക്രോധത്തോടെ നിറഞ്ഞു. തിരികെ സ്വന്തം ആശ്രമത്തിൽ ചെന്നു ദൃഢനിശ്ചയത്തോടെ മന്ത്രകർമ്മം നടത്തി.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Sambandha/Adverbial
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): ‘then’

• te: they
• te: Karta (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• kopasaṃyuktāḥ: filled with anger
• kopasaṃyuktāḥ: Karta (qualifier of te)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kopa (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃyukta (yuj (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: समास: कोप-संयुक्त (तत्पुरुष: ‘joined with anger’); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• śakrāt: from Śakra (Indra)
• śakrāt: Apādāna (source/from)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन; अपादान

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु) + क्त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund): ‘having seen’

• parābhavam: defeat, humiliation
• parābhavam: Karma (object of dṛṣṭvā)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parābhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• nivṛtya: having returned
• nivṛtya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-vṛt (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यपन्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund): ‘having returned/turned back’

• svāśramam: to their own hermitage
• svāśramam: Karma (goal as object with gatvā)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + āśrama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: स्व-आश्रम (कर्मधारय: ‘one’s own hermitage’); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• gatvā: having gone
• gatvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु) + क्त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund): ‘having gone’

• cakruḥ: they performed/made
• cakruḥ: Kriyā (main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; ‘they did/made’

• mantram: a mantra
• mantram: Karma (object of cakruḥ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mantra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• saniścayam: with firm resolve
• saniścayam: Prakāra (manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sa (सह/सम्-प्रातिपदिक) + niścaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverbial usage): ‘with determination/firmly’; (सह + द्वितीया-प्रयोगवत्)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa style narration within Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The ascetics, faces stern with indignation, turn away from the ford and return to their forest hermitage; there they sit in a ritual circle, beginning a determined mantra-rite.

Characters & Entities

• Vālakhilyas
• Śakra (Indra)
• Āśrama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Disrespect toward ascetics invites consequences; mantra and tapas are portrayed as moral forces guarding dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned; the setting shifts to the sages’ āśrama.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A mantra-prayoga (mantra rite) undertaken with firm resolve; details of the mantra are not given in this verse.