Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

अथवा किं प्रभावोऽयं कस्यचिद्रक्तसंपदः

Transliteration

athavā kiṃ prabhāvo'yaṃ kasyacidraktasaṃpadaḥ

Translation

«Или что это за воздействие — некое странное проявление, связанное с кровью?»

Word by Word

• अथवा: or else
• अथवा: Sambandha (Alternative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथवा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक (disjunctive: or else)

• किम्: what
• किम्: Karma (Predicate complement/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक

• प्रभावः: power/effect
• प्रभावः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Karta (Subject apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• कस्यचित्: of someone
• कस्यचित्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक; षष्ठी-विभक्ति; एकवचन; अनिश्चित-प्रश्न/अनिर्दिष्ट (indefinite: of someone)

• रक्त-संपदः: of (some) abundance of blood
• रक्त-संपदः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्त (प्रातिपदिक) + संपद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति; एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (रक्तस्य संपदः = wealth/abundance of blood)

Speaker

Nāgas (continuing their question)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nāgas exchange glances and gesture toward the blood-marked face, as if debating whether it is an omen, curse, or sacred influence.

Characters & Entities

• Nāgas
• Revatī (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unusual events invite discernment; Purāṇic narratives often interpret ‘signs’ through dharma and prior actions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.