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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

कस्माद्दितेर्महेन्द्रेण कृतं कृत्यं तथाविधम् । येन संसूदितो गर्भः सर्वं विस्तरतो वद

Transliteration

kasmādditermahendreṇa kṛtaṃ kṛtyaṃ tathāvidham | yena saṃsūdito garbhaḥ sarvaṃ vistarato vada

Translation

Mengapakah Mahendra (Indra) melakukan perbuatan sedemikian terhadap Diti, sehingga kandungannya dimusnahkan? Ceritakanlah seluruh perkara itu dengan terperinci.

Word by Word
कस्मात्from what? why?
कस्मात्:
Apadana (Source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootकिम् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम (pronoun), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन
दितेःof Diti
दितेः:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootदिति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन
महेन्द्रेणby Mahendra (Indra)
महेन्द्रेण:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootमहेन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन
कृतम्done, performed
कृतम्:
Kriya (Predicate action-state/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे विधेय (predicate)
कृत्यम्a deed; an act to be done
कृत्यम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकृत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन
तथाविधम्of such a kind
तथाविधम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootतथा (अव्यय) + विध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)
येनby which; whereby
येन:
Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन
संसूदितःwas destroyed/killed
संसूदितः:
Kriya (Predicate action-state/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + सूद् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
गर्भःthe embryo, fetus
गर्भः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootगर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन
सर्वम्everything
सर्वम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; कर्मरूपेण
विस्तरतःin detail
विस्तरतः:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootविस्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय (adverbial), तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (in detail/at length)
वदtell, speak
वद:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवद् (धातु)
Formलोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद
Speaker

Ṛṣayaḥ (Sages)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and/or assembled ṛṣis (standard Sūta frame; specific listener not named here)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A questioning sage/king addresses the narrator, asking why Indra harmed Diti and destroyed her embryo; the scene is a narrative threshold before a long mythic flashback.

Characters & Entities
D
Diti
M
Mahendra (Indra)
G
Garbha (embryo)

FAQs

Purāṇas invite moral reflection by asking for causes and consequences behind powerful beings’ controversial actions.

The inquiry continues the Śakra-samudrava tīrtha narrative thread introduced at the start of Adhyāya 22.

None; it is a request for the full backstory explaining the deed and its context.

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