Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

ततस्तान्विजने दृष्ट्वा द्रोहकोपसमन्वितः । यष्टिमुद्यम्य वेगेन तिष्ठध्वमिति चाब्रवीत्

Transliteration

tatastānvijane dṛṣṭvā drohakopasamanvitaḥ | yaṣṭimudyamya vegena tiṣṭhadhvamiti cābravīt

Translation

ततः तान्विजने दृष्ट्वा द्रोहकोपसमन्वितः। यष्टिमुद्यम्य वेगेन ‘तिष्ठध्वम्’ इति चाब्रवीत्।

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिलन्त (ablatival adverb: 'thereupon/from that')

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• विजने: in a lonely place
• विजने: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √दृश् (धातु) (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय; अव्ययभाव-कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• द्रोहकोपसमन्वितः: filled with malice and anger
• द्रोहकोपसमन्वितः: Karta-anvaya (कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्रोह (प्रातिपदिक) + कोप (प्रातिपदिक) + समन्वित (सम्-अनु-√इ/√वृ?; प्रचलित प्रातिपदिक 'समन्वित' = युक्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (द्रोहश्च कोपश्च ताभ्यां समन्वितः)

• यष्टिम्: a staff
• यष्टिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• उद्यम्य: having lifted/raised
• उद्यम्य: Purvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उद्-√यम् (धातु) (ल्यप्/तुमुन्-न; here ल्यप्-प्रत्यय; अव्ययभाव-कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund: 'having raised')

• वेगेन: with speed
• वेगेन: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• तिष्ठध्वम्: stand still!
• तिष्ठध्वम्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्था (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

• इति: thus
• इति: Vākyārtha-dyotaka (उद्धरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; वाक्यसमाप्ति/उद्धरणसूचक (quotative)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (and)

• अब्रवीत्: he said
• अब्रवीत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator (specific speaker not stated in the provided excerpt)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: In a lonely grove by the ford, the robber raises a staff, eyes blazing, confronting calm sages who stand unshaken; tension between violence and serenity.

Characters & Entities

• Saptarṣi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hostility toward the holy is a grave adharma; Purāṇic stories use such moments to highlight repentance and the protective power of sages.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified; the verse occurs in a pilgrimage context without naming the location.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.