Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

राजोवाच । यद्ब्रवीषि दुराचार कर्मणा तत्समाचर । शारदस्येव मेघस्य गर्जितं तव निष्फलम्

Transliteration

rājovāca | yadbravīṣi durācāra karmaṇā tatsamācara | śāradasyeva meghasya garjitaṃ tava niṣphalam

Translation

राजोवाच । यद्ब्रवीषि दुराचार कर्मणा तत्समाचर । शारदस्येव मेघस्य गर्जितं तव निष्फलम्

Word by Word

• राजा: the king
• राजा: कर्ता (Speaker/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: क्रिया (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद (Active)

• यत्: what
• यत्: कर्म (Object of ब्रवीषि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (relative pronoun), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• ब्रवीषि: you say
• ब्रवीषि: क्रिया (Finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद (Active)

• दुराचार: O evil-doer
• दुराचार: सम्बोधन (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुराचार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (compound) दुर्-आचार (evil conduct); पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन (Vocative/8th), एकवचन (Singular)

• कर्मणा: by action/deed
• कर्मणा: करण (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• तत्: that
• तत्: कर्म (Object of समाचर)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• समाचर: do/perform
• समाचर: क्रिया (Command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+आ+चर् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद (Active)

• शारदस्य: autumnal
• शारदस्य: विशेषण (Adjectival to मेघस्य)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifier of मेघस्य)

• इव: like/as
• इव: सम्बन्ध (Simile marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमावाचक-अव्यय (comparative particle)

• मेघस्य: of a cloud
• मेघस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive in comparison)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• गर्जितम्: thunder/roaring
• गर्जितम्: कर्ता (Subject of implied 'is')
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्ज् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle used as noun), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• निष्फलम्: fruitless/ineffective
• निष्फलम्: विशेषण (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निष्फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (predicate adjective to गर्जितम्)

Speaker

Rājā (the king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king, surrounded, speaks with unshaken gaze; the rākṣasa’s roar hangs in the air like dry thunder, while the king’s words cut through it—calm, sharp, and fearless.

Characters & Entities

• rājā (king)
• rākṣasa (implied opponent)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma values steadfast courage and truth in action; empty intimidation is dismissed as ineffectual noise.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.