Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 97

Devanagari script

कुशे राज्यगते राजन्राक्षसानां महाभयम् । प्रजयाऽवेदितं सर्वं तस्य राज्ञो महात्मनः

Transliteration

kuśe rājyagate rājanrākṣasānāṃ mahābhayam | prajayā'veditaṃ sarvaṃ tasya rājño mahātmanaḥ

Translation

Wahai Raja, ketika Kuśa telah memegang pemerintahan, ketakutan besar yang ditimbulkan oleh para rākṣasa telah dilaporkan sepenuhnya oleh rakyat kepada raja yang mulia itu.

Word by Word

• कुशे: when/while Kuśa (was)
• कुशे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• राज्यगते: having gone to/being in the kingdom (i.e., ruling)
• राज्यगते: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: राज्य + गत (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—राज्यं गतः (द्वितीया-तत्पुरुष); भूतकृदन्त √गम् (धातु)

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• राक्षसानाम्: of the rākṣasas
• राक्षसानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• महाभयम्: great fear
• महाभयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + भय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—महच्च तत् भयम् (कर्मधारय)

• प्रजया: by the subjects/people
• प्रजया: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• अवेदितम्: was reported/informed
• अवेदितम्: Karma (Predicate of ‘sarvam’/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अवेदित (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle) √विद् (धातु) उपसर्ग-आ; अर्थः ‘निवेदित/ज्ञापित’

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तस्य: of him/of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• राज्ञः: of the king
• राज्ञः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled
• महात्मनः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; समासः—महान् आत्मा यस्य (कर्मधारय/बहुव्रीहि-भावार्थः), पदरूपे विशेषणत्वेन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa; specific speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (rājan) addressed in-verse

Visual Art Cues

Scene: King Kuśa seated in court; anxious citizens present petitions describing rākṣasa terror; guards and ministers listen as the king’s expression turns resolute.

Characters & Entities

• Kuśa
• Rākṣasas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A righteous king must hear the suffering of the people and uphold protection as a core duty of kṣatra-dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is part of the Tīrthamāhātmya chapter’s story-setting; it does not itself name a particular tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual instruction is given; the focus is on governance and public welfare.