Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

इति ते गृह्य काष्ठानि यदोपस्थे ययुस्तदा । पलायितः स बहुधा भयात्तेषां महात्मनाम्

Transliteration

iti te gṛhya kāṣṭhāni yadopasthe yayustadā | palāyitaḥ sa bahudhā bhayātteṣāṃ mahātmanām

Translation

Dizendo isso, apanharam paus e avançaram contra ele. Então, temendo aqueles sábios de grande alma, ele fugiu em muitas direções.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक अव्यय (quotative particle)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• गृह्य: having taken
• गृह्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive) का वैकल्पिक रूप ‘गृह्य’ (=गृहीत्वा); धातु: ग्रह् (to take)

• काष्ठानि: sticks, pieces of wood
• काष्ठानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• यदा: when
• यदा: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (temporal conjunction: when)

• उपस्थे: in the vicinity/nearby place
• उपस्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपस्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• ययुः: they went
• ययुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; धातु: या (to go)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (then)

• पलायितः: fled away
• पलायितः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पलाय् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; धातु: पलाय् (to flee)

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

• बहुधा: in many ways; repeatedly
• बहुधा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बहुधा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (adverb: in many ways/again and again)

• भयात्: from fear
• भयात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• महात्मनाम्: of the great-souled (sages)
• महात्मनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; घटक: महा + आत्मन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (great + soul)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic storyteller, likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of austere sages in bark garments seize wooden staffs and surge forward; the pursued figure darts away in multiple directions amid a forest-āśrama setting.

Characters & Entities

• Munayaḥ (sages)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma retreats before true tapas and moral authority; the power of the righteous restrains disruptive forces.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not explicitly indicated in this verse; the passage belongs to the Tīrthamāhātmya narrative sequence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.