Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

प्रणम्य मुनिसंघेभ्यः प्रययौ रिपुविग्रहे । ताम्रवत्यां नगर्यां च शंखं दध्मौ प्रतापवान्

Transliteration

praṇamya munisaṃghebhyaḥ prayayau ripuvigrahe | tāmravatyāṃ nagaryāṃ ca śaṃkhaṃ dadhmau pratāpavān

Translation

Поклонившись собраниям мудрецов, он выступил на битву с врагом. И в городе Тамравати могучий возгласил звук своей раковины (шанкхи).

Word by Word

• praṇamya: having bowed
• praṇamya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Gerund/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-ṇam (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावः; पूर्वक्रिया (having bowed)

• munisaṃghebhyaḥ: from the assemblies of sages
• munisaṃghebhyaḥ: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni + saṃgha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, पञ्चमी (ablative), बहुवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मुनीनां संघाः)

• prayayau: went forth
• prayayau: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-yā (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्

• ripu-vigrahe: in the battle with enemies
• ripu-vigrahe: Adhikaraṇa (Domain/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ripu + vigraha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, सप्तमी (locative), एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (रिपूणां विग्रहः)

• tāmra-vatyām: in Tāmra-vatī
• tāmra-vatyām: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tāmra + vatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः, सप्तमी, एकवचनम्; नामधेयम् (place-name)

• nagaryām: in the city
• nagaryām: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nagarī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः, सप्तमी, एकवचनम्

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• śaṃkham: conch
• śaṃkham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṃkha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्

• dadhmau: blew
• dadhmau: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dhmā (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्

• pratāpavān: the mighty/valorous one
• pratāpavān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pratāpa-vat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; गुणवाचकः (possessive adjective)

Speaker

Deductive (Nāgara-khaṇḍa narrative voice; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa addressing sages)

Characters & Entities

• Munis (sages)
• Tāmravatī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reverence to sages precedes righteous action; dharma-yuddha is undertaken only after honoring spiritual authority.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Tāmravatī (the city/region) is explicitly named and becomes the sacred stage for the ensuing events.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription; the act of bowing to sages is an implied dhārmic observance.