Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

मांगल्यानि तदा चक्रे स्वसखीभिः समावृता । एवं च तारकं हत्वा सप्तमेऽहनि बालकः

Transliteration

māṃgalyāni tadā cakre svasakhībhiḥ samāvṛtā | evaṃ ca tārakaṃ hatvā saptame'hani bālakaḥ

Translation

स्वसखीभिः समावृता सा तदा मांगल्यानि चकार। एवं तारकं हत्वा दिव्यबालकः सप्तमेऽहनि कृतकृत्योऽभवत्॥

Word by Word

• माङ्गल्यानि: auspicious rites/ceremonies
• माङ्गल्यानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माङ्गल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• चक्रे: performed, did
• चक्रे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• स्वसखीभिः: with her own friends
• स्वसखीभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व-सखी (प्रातिपदिक; स्व + सखी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः ‘स्वाः सख्यः’

• समावृता: surrounded
• समावृता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-वृत् (धातु)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (manner adverb)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• तारकम्: Tāraka (the demon)
• तारकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• हत्वा: having killed
• हत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), अव्ययभाव; ‘having slain’

• सप्तमे: on the seventh
• सप्तमे: Adhikarana (Time-location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक (ordinal)

• अहनि: day
• अहनि: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• बालकः: the boy (Skanda)
• बालकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बालक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Auspicious rites performed by a goddess/maiden surrounded by companions, immediately after the cosmic victory where the divine Child has slain Tāraka; celebratory yet martial undertone.

Characters & Entities

• Tāraka
• Pārvatī (implied by feminine context)
• Skanda (bālaka)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

After the removal of evil, dharma expresses itself through maṅgala—auspicious order, gratitude, and sanctified celebration.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

General ‘māṅgalya’ (auspicious observances/ceremonies) are mentioned without procedural detail.