Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

ततः कोलाहलो जातस्तस्य द्वारे गृहस्य च । जनस्य संप्रयातस्य हाहाकारपरस्य च

Transliteration

tataḥ kolāhalo jātastasya dvāre gṛhasya ca | janasya saṃprayātasya hāhākāraparasya ca

Translation

Затем у дверей того дома поднялся шум; люди сбежались и собрались там, издавая крики отчаяния.

Word by Word

• ततः: thereupon; then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — तस्मात्/ततः = ‘thereupon/from that’

• कोलाहलः: uproar; commotion
• कोलाहलः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोलाहल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• जातः: arose; occurred
• जातः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (धातु) + जात (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘born/arisen’ (finite sense with implied ‘अभवत्’)

• तस्य: of him/that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुं, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• द्वारे: at the door
• द्वारे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• गृहस्य: of the house
• गृहस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक)

• जनस्य: of the people/crowd
• जनस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• संप्रयातस्य: assembled; having come together
• संप्रयातस्य: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + प्र + √या (धातु) + संप्रयात (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; ‘having come together/assembled’ (qualifying जनस्य)

• हाहाकारपरस्य: engrossed in cries of ‘hā hā’; wailing
• हाहाकारपरस्य: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हाहाकार + पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (हाहाकारः एव परः यस्य/यत्र), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; (जनस्य) विशेषण

• च: and
• च: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक)

Speaker

Unspecified narrator within the Tīrthamāhātmya episode (narrative description)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A house doorway crowded with townspeople; raised hands, anxious faces, some wailing; the threshold becomes a stage of accusation and fear.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Private adharma ripens into public turmoil; the Purāṇic story underscores social consequences of personal misconduct.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it is a narrative reaction scene within the Tīrthamāhātmya chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.