Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

एतस्मिन्नंतरे वह्नौ मर्त्यलोकाद्विनिर्गते । विशेषात्पीडिता लोका येऽवशिष्टा धरातले

Transliteration

etasminnaṃtare vahnau martyalokādvinirgate | viśeṣātpīḍitā lokā ye'vaśiṣṭā dharātale

Translation

एतस्मिन्नन्तरे वह्नौ मर्त्यलोकाद्विनिर्गते, धरातले येऽवशिष्टा लोका विशेषात् पीडिताः सञ्जज्ञिरे।

Word by Word

• एतस्मिन्: in this
• एतस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa (Time-context)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अन्तरे: in the meantime/interval
• अन्तरे: Adhikaraṇa (Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन; ‘in the interval’

• वह्नौ: when/while the fire (was)
• वह्नौ: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वह्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• मर्त्यलोकात्: from the mortal world
• मर्त्यलोकात्: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्य + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मर्त्यानां लोकः); पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Ablative/5th), एकवचन

• विनिर्गते: having gone out/departed
• विनिर्गते: Sati-saptamī (Circumstantial clause)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-निर्-गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी प्रयोग (locative absolute)

• विशेषात्: especially
• विशेषात्: Hetu/Adverbial (Cause/degree)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषणार्थे (especially)

• पीडिताः: afflicted
• पीडिताः: Karta (Predicate adjective of लोकाः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पीड् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘afflicted’

• लोकाः: people/worlds (beings)
• लोकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject of relative clause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative pronoun)

• अवशिष्टाः: remaining
• अवशिष्टाः: Karta (Predicate adjective of ये/लोकाः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-शिष् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘remaining’

• धरातले: on the earth’s surface
• धरातले: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धरा + तल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (धरायाः तलम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A parched, burning earth with beings collapsing under heat; shimmering air, cracked ground, animals and humans seeking shade and water as flames or heat-haze dominates the horizon.

Characters & Entities

• Vahni (Agni)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When cosmic balance is disturbed, suffering spreads widely; the Purāṇas imply the need for restoring order through divine and dharmic means.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The chapter is part of a Tīrthamāhātmya, but this particular verse does not specify a named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None is stated in this verse.