Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

ततो धूमाकुलेनेत्रे भगवांस्त्रिपु रान्तकः । हस्ताभ्यां छादयामास येऽन्ये तत्र व्यवस्थिताः

Transliteration

tato dhūmākulenetre bhagavāṃstripu rāntakaḥ | hastābhyāṃ chādayāmāsa ye'nye tatra vyavasthitāḥ

Translation

ਫਿਰ ਧੂੰਏਂ ਨਾਲ ਅੱਖਾਂ ਭਰ ਆਉਣ ਕਾਰਨ ਭਗਵਾਨ ਤ੍ਰਿਪੁਰਾਂਤਕ ਨੇ ਆਪਣੇ ਹੱਥਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਅੱਖਾਂ ਢੱਕ ਲਿਆ; ਉੱਥੇ ਖੜੇ ਹੋਰ ਲੋਕਾਂ ਨੇ ਵੀ ਇਉਂ ਹੀ ਕੀਤਾ।

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक)

• धूम-आकुले: in the two (eyes) confused by smoke
• धूम-आकुले: Adhikarana (Locus qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धूम (प्रातिपदिक) + आकुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), द्विवचन; विशेषण (धूमेन आकुले)

• नेत्रे: in (his) two eyes
• नेत्रे: Adhikarana (Locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), द्विवचन

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• त्रिपुरान्तकः: Tripurāntaka (destroyer of Tripura)
• त्रिपुरान्तकः: Karta (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिपुर (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्तक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; शिवनाम

• हस्ताभ्याम्: with (his) two hands
• हस्ताभ्याम्: Karana (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), द्विवचन; करणविभक्ति

• छादयामास: he covered
• छादयामास: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: छाद् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect) परोक्षभूतार्थे, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative stem)

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Relative subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta (Relative clause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Place)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक) = 'there'

• व्यवस्थिताः: were standing; were present
• व्यवस्थिताः: Karta (Predicate of 'others')
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + वि + अव (उपसर्ग)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; 'standing/being present'

Speaker

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

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Interlocutor in māhātmya frame (not explicit)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva, eyes irritated by smoke, raises both hands to cover them; the assembled participants mirror the gesture amid swirling haze around the altar.

Characters & Entities

• Tripurāntaka (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even in ritual settings, outward obscurations arise; the deeper teaching is to protect and steady perception amid disturbance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not identifiable from this verse alone; the chapter belongs to Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates a moment during the fire-rite when smoke irritates the eyes.