Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8
Devanagari script
ततः फूत्कृत्य फूकृत्य दिवं यावन्न संदधे । कश्चिद्वाचं प्रसुप्तश्च तावत्तत्रैव चिंतयन्
Transliteration
tataḥ phūtkṛtya phūkṛtya divaṃ yāvanna saṃdadhe | kaścidvācaṃ prasuptaśca tāvattatraiva ciṃtayan
Translation
Kemudian dia berkali-kali mengeluarkan bunyi panggilan yang kuat, dan untuk seketika dia tidak menumpukan hati kepada tidur; namun ketika dia merenung di situ juga, suaranya terdiam dan dia pun terlena.
Word by Word
ततःthen
ततः:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formक्रमवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: then/thereafter)
फूत्कृत्यhaving snorted
फूत्कृत्य:
Kriya (Non-finite verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootफूत् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive); ‘फूत्कारं कृत्वा’ (having made a snorting sound)
फूकृत्यhaving blown / made a ‘phū’ sound
फूकृत्य:
Kriya (Non-finite verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootफू (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive); ‘फूकारं कृत्वा’ (having blown/whistled)
दिवम्to the sky / heaven (as direction)
दिवम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)
यावत्until
यावत्:
Sambandha (Temporal relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयावत् (अव्यय)
Formपरिमाण/अवधि-वाचक-अव्यय (until/as long as)
नnot
न:
Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)
संदधेhe placed/put together; he fixed (his mind/effort)
संदधे:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-धा (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)
कश्चित्someone
कश्चित्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular); अनिश्चित-प्रयोग (indefinite)
वाचम्speech / voice
वाचम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवाच् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)
प्रसुप्तःasleep
प्रसुप्तः:
Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्र-स्वप् (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past passive participle used adjectivally), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
चand
च:
Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
तावत्for that long
तावत्:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतावत् (अव्यय)
Formपरिमाण/अवधि-वाचक-अव्यय (so long/that long)
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place: there)
एवindeed / just
एव:
Avadharana (Emphasis/अवधारण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)
चिन्तयन्thinking
चिन्तयन्:
Karta (Agent in participle/कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootचिन्त् (धातु)
Formशतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
Speaker
Sūta (deduced)
Characters & Entities
D
Dvija (implicit)FAQs
Even a cautious seeker can be overtaken by human limitation; the tīrtha narrative uses ordinary vulnerability to reveal extraordinary divine outcomes.
Ajāgṛha’s surrounding forested spot where the pilgrim spends the night.
None; it narrates a circumstance (night halt) rather than a prescribed observance.