Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 15
Devanagari script
अथवा किं प्रभावोऽयं कस्यचिद्रक्तसंपदः
Transliteration
athavā kiṃ prabhāvo'yaṃ kasyacidraktasaṃpadaḥ
Translation
“Atau apakah pengaruh ini—suatu penzahiran ganjil yang berkaitan dengan darah?”
Word by Word
अथवाor else
अथवा:
Sambandha (Alternative/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथवा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; विकल्पार्थक (disjunctive: or else)
किम्what
किम्:
Karma (Predicate complement/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक
प्रभावःpower/effect
प्रभावः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन
अयम्this
अयम्:
Karta (Subject apposition/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन
कस्यचित्of someone
कस्यचित्:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootक (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसक; षष्ठी-विभक्ति; एकवचन; अनिश्चित-प्रश्न/अनिर्दिष्ट (indefinite: of someone)
रक्त-संपदःof (some) abundance of blood
रक्त-संपदः:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootरक्त (प्रातिपदिक) + संपद् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति; एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (रक्तस्य संपदः = wealth/abundance of blood)
Speaker
Nāgas (continuing their question)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Nāgas exchange glances and gesture toward the blood-marked face, as if debating whether it is an omen, curse, or sacred influence.
Characters & Entities
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NāgasR
Revatī (implied)FAQs
Unusual events invite discernment; Purāṇic narratives often interpret ‘signs’ through dharma and prior actions.
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