Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

अथ तेषां महाकोपो भूय एवाभ्यवर्धत । नारदस्य वचः श्रुत्वा तादृग्लोककथोद्भवम्

Transliteration

atha teṣāṃ mahākopo bhūya evābhyavardhata | nāradasya vacaḥ śrutvā tādṛglokakathodbhavam

Translation

Тогда их великий гнев возрос ещё сильнее, услышав слова Нарады — вести, возникшие из рассказов о происходящем в мирах.

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• अथ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अनन्तरार्थक) = indeclinable 'then/now'

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

• महाकोपः: great anger
• महाकोपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा-कोप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; समासः = महान् कोपः

• भूयः: again; further
• भूयः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (पुनरर्थक) = adverb 'again; further'

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अवधारण-निपात) = emphatic particle 'indeed'

• अभ्यवर्धत: increased; grew
• अभ्यवर्धत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-वृध् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (परस्मैपद) = Imperfect/Past; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• नारदस्य: of Nārada
• नारदस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• वचः: speech; words
• वचः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) = having heard

• तादृक्: such; of that kind
• तादृक्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तादृश् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifier) of 'उद्भवम्'

• लोककथोद्भवम्: arising from the tale of the worlds
• लोककथोद्भवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक-कथा-उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः = लोककथायाः उद्भवम् (genitive tatpuruṣa)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narration; speaker not explicit in this verse)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The devas, having heard Nārada’s report, flare with intensified wrath—faces stern, brows knit, bodies radiating heat and light, the assembly charged like a storm about to break.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unchecked adharma in the worlds provokes divine intervention; truthful reporting (as by Nārada) becomes the catalyst for restoring order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is part of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative frame; the specific tīrtha is not named within this single line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual (snāna, dāna, japa, vrata) is stated in this verse.