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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

यत्किञ्चित्त्रिषु लोकेषु सारभूतं प्रपश्यति । गजवाजिरथाश्वादि सर्वं गृह्णाति सोऽसुरः

Transliteration

yatkiñcittriṣu lokeṣu sārabhūtaṃ prapaśyati | gajavājirathāśvādi sarvaṃ gṛhṇāti so'suraḥ

Translation

Apa sahaja yang dilihatnya dalam tiga dunia sebagai yang terbaik dan bernilai—gajah, kuda, kereta perang dan seumpamanya—semuanya dirampas oleh Asura itu.

Word by Word
यत्whatever
यत्:
Karma (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; सम्बन्धे (whatever)
किञ्चित्anything
किञ्चित्:
Karma (Object apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम) + चित् (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; अनिश्चितवाचक (something/anything)
त्रिषुin three
त्रिषु:
Adhikarana (Location qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootत्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), बहुवचन; लोकेषु इति विशेषण
लोकेषुin the worlds
लोकेषु:
Adhikarana (Location)
TypeNoun
Rootलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), बहुवचन
सारभूतम्essential, of value
सारभूतम्:
Karma (Object qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootसार (प्रातिपदिक) + भूत (कृदन्त, क्त from भू)
Formसमासः—कर्मधारय (सारं भूतम् = essential); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; यत्/किञ्चित् इत्यस्य विशेषण
प्रपश्यतिsees/observes
प्रपश्यति:
Kriya (Main verb)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + पश्य् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद
गजवाजिरथाश्वादिelephants, horses, chariots, etc.
गजवाजिरथाश्वादि:
Karma (Object apposition/example)
TypeNoun
Rootगज (प्रातिपदिक) + वाजिन् (प्रातिपदिक) + रथ (प्रातिपदिक) + अश्व (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसमासः—समाहार-द्वन्द्व (गज-वाजि-रथ-अश्व-आदि); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; उदाहरणरूपेण
सर्वम्all (of it)
सर्वम्:
Karma (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन
गृह्णातिseizes/takes
गृह्णाति:
Kriya (Main verb)
TypeVerb
Rootग्रह् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
असुरःthe demon
असुरः:
Karta (Subject apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootअसुर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सः इत्यस्य अप्पोजिशन
Speaker

Sūta (continued narration from Adhyāya 120 opening)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis at Naimiṣāraṇya (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Mahīṣa’s agents seize prized elephants, horses, and chariots from the three worlds; storehouses overflow; subdued celestial beings watch helplessly as wealth is carted away.

Characters & Entities
M
Mahiṣa (Mahīṣāsura)
T
Trailokya
E
Elephants
H
Horses
C
Chariots

FAQs

Unchecked power expresses itself as appropriation; Purāṇic dharma critiques greed and teaches that true ‘sāra’ (essence) is virtue, not possession.

None; the verse describes cosmic oppression rather than a pilgrimage location.

None.

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