Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

इत्युक्तमात्रे वचने माधवेन क्रुधेक्षितः । पपात भस्मसाद्भूतस्त्यक्त्वा वृंदां सुदूरतः

Transliteration

ityuktamātre vacane mādhavena krudhekṣitaḥ | papāta bhasmasādbhūtastyaktvā vṛṃdāṃ sudūrataḥ

Translation

«အဲဒီစကား ပြောပြီးချင်း မာဓဝက ဒေါသမျက်စိဖြင့် ကြည့်လိုက်သည်; ရာක්ෂသက လဲကျ၍ ပြာဖြစ်သွားပြီး ဝೃန္ဒာလည်း လွတ်မြောက်ကာ သူ့ထံမှ အလွန်ဝေးဝေးသို့ ပစ်ခွာခံရသည်»

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय

• उक्त-मात्रे: at the mere utterance
• उक्त-मात्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √वच्) + मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), सप्तमी (Loc. 7), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (उक्तस्य मात्रम्)

• वचने: in the words; in the statement
• वचने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), सप्तमी (Loc. 7), एकवचन

• माधवेन: by Mādhava (Viṣṇu)
• माधवेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माधव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), तृतीया (Instr. 3), एकवचन

• क्रुधा: with anger
• क्रुधा: Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रुध् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), तृतीया (Instr. 3), एकवचन

• ईक्षितः: looked at; gazed upon
• ईक्षितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईक्षित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √ईक्ष्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा (Nom. 1), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past participle)

• पपात: fell
• पपात: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; धातु: पत्

• भस्मसात्: to ashes
• भस्मसात्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भस्मसात् (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: अव्यय (adverbial) ‘to ashes/into ash-state’

• भूतः: become
• भूतः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भूत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √भू)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा (Nom. 1), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त

• त्यक्त्वा: having left
• त्यक्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), धातु: त्यज्; ‘having abandoned’

• वृन्दाम्: Vṛndā
• वृन्दाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृन्दा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), द्वितीया (Acc. 2), एकवचन

• सुदूरतः: from very far away
• सुदूरतः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/उपपद) + दूर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (ablatival adverb) ‘from very far’

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the exact moment of utterance, Mādhava’s eyes blaze; the rākṣasa collapses into a swirl of ash. Vṛndā is released, recoiling away to safety, while the forest seems to pause in stunned silence.

Characters & Entities

• Mādhava
• Rākṣasa
• Vṛndā/Vṛndārikā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine protection is swift and decisive; adharma collapses when confronted by the Lord’s righteous power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse itself does not name the tīrtha; it supports the māhātmya’s theme that sacred merit and divine guardianship operate in holy landscapes.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.