Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

ततस्तं ब्यसनार्तं च दृष्ट्वा चारायणो मुनिः । स्वयं निःसारयामास प्रकोपेन निजाश्रमात्

Transliteration

tatastaṃ byasanārtaṃ ca dṛṣṭvā cārāyaṇo muniḥ | svayaṃ niḥsārayāmāsa prakopena nijāśramāt

Translation

ତାକୁ ବିପଦରେ କାତର ଦେଖି, ମୁନି ଚାରାୟଣ କ୍ରୋଧରେ ସ୍ୱୟଂ ତାକୁ ନିଜ ଆଶ୍ରମରୁ ବାହାର କରିଦେଲେ।

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Temporal/sequence modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रमवाचक) — indeclinable of sequence

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• व्यसनार्तम्: distressed by misfortune
• व्यसनार्तम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्यसन (प्रातिपदिक) + आर्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative, Singular; तत्पुरुष (व्यसनेन आर्तः) — distressed by calamity

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय) — conjunction

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) + क्त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund) — having seen

• चारायणः: Cārāyaṇa
• चारायणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चारायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• मुनिः: sage
• मुनिः: Karta (Apposition to subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• स्वयम्: himself
• स्वयम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Agent-emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्वकृत्यवाचक) — indeclinable (oneself)

• निःसारयामास: drove out/expelled
• निःसारयामास: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निः-सर्/सृ (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; णिजन्त (causative) — Perfect, 3rd person, Singular, Parasmaipada, Causative

• प्रकोपेन: with anger
• प्रकोपेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकोप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन — Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• निजाश्रमात्: from his own hermitage
• निजाश्रमात्: Apādāna (Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निज (प्रातिपदिक) + आश्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन — Masculine, Ablative, Singular; कर्मधारय (निजः आश्रमः) — ‘own hermitage’

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Nāgara-khaṇḍa; exact named speaker not in snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The sage Cārāyaṇa, stern and radiant, gestures outward as the distressed youth is driven from the hermitage; disciples and sacred fire witness the judgment.

Characters & Entities

• Cārāyaṇa (muni)
• Āśrama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Āśrama life demands purity and restraint; violation of dharma results in exclusion and loss of spiritual shelter.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting is Cārāyaṇa’s hermitage/region; it functions as a sacred locale within the narrative, though not explicitly called a tīrtha here.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it describes disciplinary action within an āśrama context.