Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

एतस्मिन्नंतरे प्राप्ता रजनी तमसावृता । न किंचित्तत्र संयाति कस्यचिद्दृष्टिगोचरे

Transliteration

etasminnaṃtare prāptā rajanī tamasāvṛtā | na kiṃcittatra saṃyāti kasyaciddṛṣṭigocare

Translation

Dalam pada itu, malam pun tiba, diselubungi kegelapan; di sana, tiada sesuatu pun yang masuk ke dalam jangkauan penglihatan sesiapa.

Word by Word

• एतस्मिन्: in this
• एतस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन = Locative singular; सर्वनाम

• अन्तरे: in the meantime; in the interval
• अन्तरे: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन = Neuter, Locative singular; ‘in the interval’

• प्राप्ता: arrived; came
• प्राप्ता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + √आप् (धातु; कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त) = past participle; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन = Feminine, Nominative singular; कर्तरि-प्रयोगे ‘arrived’ (agreeing with रजनी)

• रजनी: night
• रजनी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रजनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन = Feminine, Nominative singular

• तमसा: by darkness
• तमसा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन = Neuter, Instrumental singular

• आवृता: covered; enveloped
• आवृता: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ + √वृ (धातु; कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त) = past passive participle; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन = Feminine, Nominative singular; विशेषण of रजनी

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध/negation particle)

• किञ्चित्: anything
• किञ्चित्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन = Neuter, Nominative singular; अनिश्चित सर्वनाम ‘anything’

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) = locative adverb ‘there’

• संयाति: moves; goes; is visible/comes into view
• संयाति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + √या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन = Present indicative, 3rd person singular

• कस्यचित्: of anyone
• कस्यचित्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन = Genitive singular; अनिश्चित ‘of anyone’

• दृष्टिगोचरे: within (one’s) sight
• दृष्टिगोचरे: Adhikaraṇa (Scope/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक) + गोचर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन = Masculine, Locative singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष = ‘in the range of sight’

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Nāgarakhaṇḍa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Night descends abruptly; the battlefield is swallowed by thick darkness so that warriors cannot see even nearby forms; weapons lower as silhouettes fade.

Characters & Entities

• Night (Rajanī)
• Darkness (Tamas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Darkness (tamas) obscures discernment; Purāṇic dharma repeatedly frames clarity, counsel, and sattva as protections against confusion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha appears in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.