Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 97

Devanagari script

ततः स सूदयामास योगिनीस्ताः शितैः शरैः । यथायथा परा नार्यस्तादृग्रूपा भवन्ति च

Transliteration

tataḥ sa sūdayāmāsa yoginīstāḥ śitaiḥ śaraiḥ | yathāyathā parā nāryastādṛgrūpā bhavanti ca

Translation

Então ele derrubou aquelas Yoginīs com flechas afiadas; no entanto, enquanto o fazia, mais mulheres apareciam, assumindo formas do mesmo tipo repetidamente.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: then)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• sūdayāmāsa: slew; killed
• sūdayāmāsa: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sūd (सूद् धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; कारणार्थक/आवृत्त्यर्थक-आमास-प्रयोग (periphrastic perfect nuance)

• yoginīḥ: yoginīs
• yoginīḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yoginī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• tāḥ: those
• tāḥ: Karma (Qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम; विशेषण (yoginīḥ)

• śitaiḥ: sharp
• śitaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; विशेषण (śaraiḥ)

• śaraiḥ: with arrows
• śaraiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• yathā-yathā: as and as; in whatever way
• yathā-yathā: Sambandha (Correlation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय) + yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरुक्त-अव्यय; यथाक्रम/अनुपातवाचक (correlative adverb: as...so...)

• parāḥ: other; further
• parāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (nāryaḥ)

• nāryaḥ: women
• nāryaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• tādṛk-rūpāḥ: of such a form; like that
• tādṛk-rūpāḥ: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tādṛś (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (‘तादृशं रूपं यस्याः’/‘तादृशरूपाः’); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (nāryaḥ)

• bhavanti: become; are
• bhavanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice within the Tīrthamāhātmya frame; specific speaker not explicit in snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: In darkness, arrows flash; yoginīs fall yet immediately reappear in identical or corresponding forms—like reflections multiplying—surrounding the dānava in an endless ring.

Characters & Entities

• Yoginīs
• Dānava (Andhaka implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine śakti is not diminished by attack; attempts to suppress dharma often cause it to manifest even more powerfully.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is narrative and does not itself identify a particular tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.