Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

सज्जं कृत्वा स्वसैन्यं तु चतुरंगं प्रकोपतः । युद्धं चक्रे च तैः सार्धं मरणे कृतनिश्चयः

Transliteration

sajjaṃ kṛtvā svasainyaṃ tu caturaṃgaṃ prakopataḥ | yuddhaṃ cakre ca taiḥ sārdhaṃ maraṇe kṛtaniścayaḥ

Translation

क्रोधाने त्याने आपली चतुरंगिणी सेना सज्ज केली आणि मरणाचाही निश्चय करून त्यांच्या बरोबर युद्ध केले.

Word by Word

• सज्जम्: ready
• सज्जम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सज्ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मप्रवचनीय-भावे (as predicate to 'making ready')

• कृत्वा: having made
• कृत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कृ (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• स्वसैन्यम्: his own army
• स्वसैन्यम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व + सैन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (स्वस्य सैन्यम्)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (contrast/emphasis particle)

• चतुरङ्गम्: fourfold (army)
• चतुरङ्गम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर् + अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (चत्वारि अङ्गानि यस्य) विशेषणम् (सैन्यम्)

• प्रकोपतः: out of rage
• प्रकोपतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रकोप (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (तसिल्)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb: from/because of)

• युद्धम्: battle
• युद्धम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• चक्रे: waged/did
• चक्रे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• तैः: with them
• तैः: Sahakari (Association/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• सार्धम्: together with
• सार्धम्: Sahakari (Association/सहकारी)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्धम् (अव्यय)
• Form: सहवाचक-अव्यय (with/together)

• मरणे: in death (as the outcome)
• मरणे: Adhikarana (Domain/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• कृतनिश्चयः: resolved/determined
• कृतनिश्चयः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृ धातु + क्त) + निश्चय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (कृतः निश्चयः येन)

Speaker

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

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viśvāmitra marshals a full fourfold army—elephants caparisoned, chariots aligned, cavalry and infantry in formation—charging toward the sound-born warriors, with the king’s face set in fatal resolve.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvāmitra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly power and determination, even when intense, can be limited when opposed to dharma-backed spiritual force.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha is not named in this verse; it is part of a wider tīrtha-māhātmya chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.