Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

भोभोः शक्र भवानुक्तो यत्तया कोपयुक्तया । पराजयं रिपोः प्राप्य कारा गारे पतिष्यति

Transliteration

bhobhoḥ śakra bhavānukto yattayā kopayuktayā | parājayaṃ ripoḥ prāpya kārā gāre patiṣyati

Translation

ହେ ଶକ୍ର! କ୍ରୋଧଯୁକ୍ତା ସେ ଦେବୀ ତୁମକୁ କହିଛନ୍ତି—ଶତ୍ରୁ ହାତରେ ପରାଜୟ ପାଇ ତୁମେ କାରାଗାରରେ ପତିତ ହେବ।

Word by Word

• भोभोः: O! O!
• भोभोः: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भोः (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बोधन-निपात (vocative interjection); पुनरुक्ति ‘bhobhoḥ’

• शक्र: O Śakra (Indra)
• शक्र: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• भवान्: you (honorific)
• भवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; आदरार्थक-सर्वनाम

• उक्तः: (was) told/said
• उक्तः: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया-विशेष)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive sense) ‘having been spoken/said’

• यत्: that/when
• यत्: Sambandha (Clause linker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय (relative particle) ‘that which/when’ (here introducing clause)

• तया: by her/by that (woman)
• तया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• कोपयुक्तया: by (her) who was filled with anger
• कोपयुक्तया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कोप + युक्त (कृदन्त; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त ‘युक्त’ (√युज्); तत्पुरुषः (कोपेन युक्ता = endowed with anger)

• पराजयम्: defeat
• पराजयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पराजय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• रिपोः: of the enemy
• रिपोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रिपु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• प्राप्य: having obtained/after attaining
• प्राप्य: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √आप् (धातु) with प्र- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) ‘having obtained/after attaining’

• कारागारे: in the prison
• कारागारे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारा + आगार (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (कारायाः आगारम् = prison-house)

• पतिष्यति: will fall
• पतिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पत् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narratorial voice within Tīrthamāhātmya (speaker not explicit in the excerpt)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An angry goddess/śakti figure addresses Śakra; Indra’s crown tilts as the prophecy of defeat and imprisonment is pronounced; shadows of a prison loom.

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Power without restraint invites downfall; even the king of gods is subject to karmic consequence and moral order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it forms part of the chapter’s broader tīrtha-linked narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative warning/prophecy rather than a ritual instruction.