Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

एतस्मिन्नंतरे देवी सा दृष्ट्वा तानुपस्थितान् । युद्धाय कृतसंकल्पांस्तर्जतश्च मुहुर्मुहुः

Transliteration

etasminnaṃtare devī sā dṛṣṭvā tānupasthitān | yuddhāya kṛtasaṃkalpāṃstarjataśca muhurmuhuḥ

Translation

ଏହି ସମୟରେ, ଦେବୀ ଦେଖିଲେ ଯେ ସେମାନେ ଯୁଦ୍ଧ ପାଇଁ ସଂକଳ୍ପବଦ୍ଧ ହୋଇ ଉପସ୍ଥିତ ହୋଇଛନ୍ତି ଏବଂ ବାରମ୍ବାର ଗର୍ଜନ ତର୍ଜନ କରୁଛନ୍ତି।

Word by Word

• एतस्मिन्: in this
• एतस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अन्तरे: in the meantime
• अन्तरे: Adhikarana (Temporal locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; 'अन्तरे' = 'in the interval/meanwhile'

• देवी: the goddess
• देवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable verbal)

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• उपस्थितान्: present, having come
• उपस्थितान्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उप + स्था (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; क्त (past participle) 'arrived/present'

• युद्धाय: for battle
• युद्धाय: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (Dative/4th), एकवचन; प्रयोजन (purpose)

• कृतसंकल्पान्: having made a resolve, determined
• कृतसंकल्पान्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृदन्त, √कृ) + संकल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष: 'कृतः संकल्पः येषाम्' (resolved)

• तर्जतः: threatening
• तर्जतः: Kriya (Concurrent action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तर्ज् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (present participle), परस्मैपद; पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी/प्रथमा-द्विवचनादि रूपसाम्ये—अत्र क्रियाविशेषणवत् 'तर्जन्ती' इत्यर्थे (she, threatening)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक

• मुहुः: again and again
• मुहुः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: repeatedly)

• मुहुः: repeatedly
• मुहुः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मुहुः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, पुनरुक्ति (emphatic repetition)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narration within Nāgara-khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Goddess stands firm, radiant, facing an assembled armed group; her posture is battle-ready, and she rebukes them repeatedly—words like thunder, gaze unwavering.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (unnamed)
• daityas/dānavas (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When dharma is threatened, the Divine Power (Devī) stands as protector—warning the unrighteous and defending the sacred order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader chapter is within a tīrtha-māhātmya framework, but the site is not specified in this verse alone.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates the onset of conflict and Devī’s admonition.