Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

ततश्च स्वपुरं प्राप्तः संप्रहृष्टतनूरुहः । राक्षसानां वधं कृत्वा लब्ध्वा देहं पुरातनम्

Transliteration

tataśca svapuraṃ prāptaḥ saṃprahṛṣṭatanūruhaḥ | rākṣasānāṃ vadhaṃ kṛtvā labdhvā dehaṃ purātanam

Translation

ထို့နောက် သူသည် မိမိမြို့သို့ ပြန်ရောက်လေရာ ဝမ်းမြောက်လွန်းသဖြင့် ကြက်သီးမွေးညင်းများ ထလေ၏။ ရက္ခသတို့ကို သတ်ဖြတ်ပြီးနောက် သူ၏ ယခင်ခန္ဓာကိုယ်ကို ပြန်လည်ရရှိခဲ့လေသည်။

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय (conjunction)

• स्वपुरम्: his own city
• स्वपुरम्: Karma (Goal as object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व + पुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (‘own city’), नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• प्राप्तः: reached, having arrived
• प्राप्तः: Kriya (Resultant action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु) → प्राप्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle) प्रयुक्तः क्रियार्थे (used verbally), पुल्लिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• संप्रहृष्टतनूरुहः: with bristling hairs (thrilled)
• संप्रहृष्टतनूरुहः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective/कर्तृ-समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-प्र-हृष् (धातु) → संप्रहृष्ट + तनू-रुह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास (‘one whose body-hairs are thrilled’), पुल्लिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• राक्षसानाम्: of the rākṣasas
• राक्षसानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (Genitive/6th), बहुवचनम्

• वधम्: slaying
• वधम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Sambandha (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कृत्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• लब्ध्वा: having obtained
• लब्ध्वा: Sambandha (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: लभ् (धातु) → लब्ध्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• देहम्: body
• देहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• पुरातनम्: former, old
• पुरातनम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुरातन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; देहं विशेषयति (qualifies ‘deha’)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not stated in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king enters his city gates; citizens look on; his body is restored, and his hair stands on end in devotional joy; the atmosphere is celebratory yet reverent.

Characters & Entities

• Rākṣasa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Victory over adharma is paired with restoration—Purāṇic stories often show that dharma re-establishes rightful order and identity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not mentioned in this verse; it continues the tīrtha-māhātmya narrative arc.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.