Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

तस्य दृष्टिनिपातेन न्यपतत्स तु तत्क्षणात् । विमानात्स्वाद्रवेः पुत्रो ययातिरिव नाहुषः

Transliteration

tasya dṛṣṭinipātena nyapatatsa tu tatkṣaṇāt | vimānātsvādraveḥ putro yayātiriva nāhuṣaḥ

Translation

От одного лишь падения его взгляда Шани в тот же миг низринулся со своей небесной колесницы — как Яяти, сын Нахуши, падающий вниз.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/of that (one)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (contextual)

• दृष्टि-निपातेन: by the fall/cast of (his) glance
• दृष्टि-निपातेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक) + निपात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; पुंलिङ्ग (निपात-प्रधान)

• न्यपतत्: fell down
• न्यपतत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); उपसर्ग: नि-

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

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विरोध/अन्वयार्थे

• तत्क्षणात्: at that very moment; immediately
• तत्क्षणात्: Adhikarana (Temporal locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोगः; पञ्चमी-अर्थे (ablatival sense) ‘immediately’

• विमानात्: from the aerial car
• विमानात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; नपुंसकलिङ्ग

• स्वाद्रवेः: of Svādravā (proper name)
• स्वाद्रवेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वाद्रव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; पुंलिङ्ग

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; पुंलिङ्ग

• ययातिः: Yayāti
• ययातिः: Upamana (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ययाति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पुंलिङ्ग (proper noun)

• इव: like/as
• इव: Upama-sambandha (Comparative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमा-निपात (comparative particle)

• नाहुषः: Nāhuṣa
• नाहुषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाहुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पुंलिङ्ग (proper noun)

Speaker

Narrator (within the chapter’s frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śanaiścara, struck by a mere glance, tumbles from a radiant vimāna; the fall is visually compared to Yayāti’s legendary descent from svarga, with celestial beings recoiling in astonishment.

Characters & Entities

• Śanaiścara (Śani)
• Pippalāda
• Yayāti
• Nāhuṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even mighty cosmic beings are subject to higher moral and spiritual forces; the Purāṇas use mythic parallels to teach humility and restraint.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named in this verse; it advances the chapter’s dramatic teaching narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.