Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

वृकस्यापि न सन्देहो विभवेन समन्वितम् । नो चेत्प्राणान्हरिष्यामि सेंद्रस्य तव शंकर

Transliteration

vṛkasyāpi na sandeho vibhavena samanvitam | no cetprāṇānhariṣyāmi seṃdrasya tava śaṃkara

Translation

Даже для Врики нет сомнения — (я отниму) блеск и власть, на которые ты притязаешь. Иначе, о Шанкара, я лишу тебя жизни, даже вместе с Индрой.

Word by Word

• वृकस्य: of the wolf (Vṛka)
• वृकस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), समुच्चय/अपि-अर्थ (also/even)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• सन्देहः: doubt
• सन्देहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• विभवेन: by power/wealth
• विभवेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• समन्वितम्: endowed/possessed
• समन्वितम्: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + अन्वि (धातु) → समन्वित (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifier)

• नो: indeed/now
• नो: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नु (अव्यय-रूप)
• Form: निपात (emphatic/asseverative particle), वाक्यप्रारम्भे बलार्थक

• चेत्: if
• चेत्: Sambandha (Condition/शर्त)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चेत् (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्त-निपात (conditional particle)

• प्राणान्: lives/breaths
• प्राणान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• हरिष्यामि: I will take away
• हरिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• स-इन्द्रस्य: of (him) together with Indra
• स-इन्द्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स (अव्यय/उपसर्ग-सदृश) + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; समासः: सह-तत्पुरुष (with Indra)

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• शंकर: O Śaṅkara
• शंकर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Adhaka

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A brazen antagonist threatens Śaṅkara, boasting of seizing splendor and even killing him along with Indra—an extreme moment of hubris before inevitable divine response.

Characters & Entities

• Vṛka
• Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• Indra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Boastful power that challenges the divine is portrayed as adharma; Purāṇas use such threats to highlight the limits of ego-driven strength.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is praised directly in this verse; it continues the conflict that frames the chapter’s sacred-geography emphasis.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.