Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

ततः पराङ्मुखीभूते रथे शक्रस्य संगरे । दुद्रुवुर्भयसंत्रस्ताः सर्वे देवाः समंततः

Transliteration

tataḥ parāṅmukhībhūte rathe śakrasya saṃgare | dudruvurbhayasaṃtrastāḥ sarve devāḥ samaṃtataḥ

Translation

तेव्हा संग्रामात शक्राचा रथ पराङ्मुख झाला, आणि भयाने व्याकुळ झालेले सर्व देव सर्व दिशांनी पळून गेले।

Word by Word

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/देश-काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = ‘तस्मात्/तदनन्तरम्’ (from there/then)

• पराङ्मुखीभूते: when (it) had turned away; having become turned-back
• पराङ्मुखीभूते: Adhikarana (Locative setting)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पराङ्मुखी-भू (कृदन्त; पराङ्मुखी + भू धातु)
• Form: सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; नपुंसकलिङ्गे/पुंलिङ्गे ‘रथे’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्; भूत (क्त) कृदन्त = ‘भूत’ (having become)

• रथे: in the chariot
• रथे: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• शक्रस्य: of Śakra (Indra)
• शक्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• संगरे: in the battle
• संगरे: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संगर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• दुद्रुवुः: they fled/ran away
• दुद्रुवुः: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: द्रु (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्शभूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• भयसंत्रस्ताः: terrified by fear
• भयसंत्रस्ताः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भय-संत्रस्त (कृदन्त; संत्रस् धातु + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; ‘देवाः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्; तत्पुरुषः (भयेन संत्रस्ताः)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; ‘देवाः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• समंततः: on all sides; everywhere
• समंततः: Adhikarana (Spatial adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = ‘सर्वतः’ (on all sides)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra’s chariot turning away amid dust and clamor; devas scattering in fear across the battlefield, banners drooping, weapons slipping from hands.

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Fear spreads quickly when leadership falters; dharma is restored when courage is re-centered in divine refuge and righteous purpose.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not identified in this verse; it serves as narrative momentum within the Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.