Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 172

Devanagari script

तत्रापि तादृशो जज्ञे नैगमेय इति श्रुतः । ततो विनद्य स्कंदाद्याश्चत्वारस्तं तदाभ्ययुः

Transliteration

tatrāpi tādṛśo jajñe naigameya iti śrutaḥ | tato vinadya skaṃdādyāścatvārastaṃ tadābhyayuḥ

Translation

ସେଠାରେ ମଧ୍ୟ ସେହିପରି ଜଣେ ଜନ୍ମିଲେ; ସେ ‘ନୈଗମେୟ’ ନାମେ ଶ୍ରୁତିପ୍ରସିଦ୍ଧ। ତାପରେ ଗର୍ଜନ କରି ସ୍କନ୍ଦ ଆଦି ଚାରିଜଣ ଏକାସାଥି ତାଙ୍କ ଉପରେ ଧାଇଗଲେ।

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Deśa-adhikaraṇa (Place/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb: there)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि-भाव (also/even)

• तादृशः: of such a kind, similar
• तादृशः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तादृश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• जज्ञे: was born, arose
• जज्ञे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• नैगमेयः: Naigameya (name)
• नैगमेयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नैगमेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम (proper name/epithet)

• इति: thus
• इति: Prayojaka (Marker/उद्धरणचिह्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण/नामनिर्देश

• श्रुतः: was known (as), was heard (to be)
• श्रुतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √श्रु (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘heard/known as’

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तर (thereupon)

• विनद्य: having roared
• विनद्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि-√नद् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त अव्यय (gerund), ‘having roared’

• स्कन्दाद्याः: those beginning with Skanda
• स्कन्दाद्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्कन्द + आदि (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (‘स्कन्दः आदिः येषाम्’) = beginning with Skanda

• चत्वारः: four
• चत्वारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक

• अभ्ययुः: approached, went towards
• अभ्ययुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-√या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: From Skanda’s chest-strike arises Naigameya, similar in splendor; then Skanda with three other leaders rush forward together, roaring—depict a fourfold charge with banners and coordinated movement.

Characters & Entities

• Naigameya
• Skanda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine order swiftly responds when disruptive forces arise; Skanda embodies protective dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it continues the Kaumārikā narrative centered on Skanda’s divine acts.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it is narrative description.