Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

ततस्तेषामपि तथा मुखाद्दंष्ट्रा विनिर्गताः । रुधिरं च ततो जज्ञे शेषपत्न्या यथा तथा

Transliteration

tatasteṣāmapi tathā mukhāddaṃṣṭrā vinirgatāḥ | rudhiraṃ ca tato jajñe śeṣapatnyā yathā tathā

Translation

அப்போது அவர்களின் வாயிலிருந்தும் பற்கள் (நச்சுப்பற்கள்) வெளிவந்தன; மேலும் சேஷநாகத்தின் மனைவிக்கு ஏற்பட்டது போலவே இரத்தமும் உண்டானது.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then, thereafter
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Sequence/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अनन्तर्य/तस्मात्-अर्थे)

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Additive particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/अपि = also)

• tathā: thus
• tathā: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रकारवाचक: thus)

• mukhāt: from the mouth
• mukhāt: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/अपादान), एकवचन

• daṃṣṭrāḥ: fangs
• daṃṣṭrāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daṃṣṭrā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• vinirgatāḥ: emerged
• vinirgatāḥ: Kriyā (Predicative/क्रिया-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √gam (गम्) + vi-nis- (उपसर्ग) + kta (क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘come out/emerged’ (daṃṣṭrāḥ इत्यस्य)

• rudhiram: blood
• rudhiram: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudhira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय)

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Sequence/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (तस्मात्/ततः = then/from that)

• jajñe: arose, was produced
• jajñe: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jan (जन्)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), आत्मनेपद; तृतीय-पुरुष, एकवचन

• śeṣa-patnyā: (as) by Śeṣa’s wife
• śeṣa-patnyā: Upamāna (Comparison basis/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śeṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + patnī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: ‘śeṣasya patnī’); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन; उपमान-निर्देशे ‘by/like (that of) Śeṣa’s wife’

• yathā: as
• yathā: Upamāna (Comparison marker/उपमान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उपमान-वाचक)

• tathā: so, likewise
• tathā: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (तुल्य-प्रकारवाचक: so)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya discourse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Close view of nāgas recoiling as their fangs protrude painfully and blood appears at their mouths; the ascetic woman stands untouched, radiance implied; a subtle reference motif to ‘Śeṣa’s wife’ appears as a symbolic vignette or mural in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Śeṣa
• Śeṣapatnī (wife of Śeṣa)
• pannaga (serpents)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Harm aimed at the virtuous returns upon the aggressor; tapas operates as an unseen moral law.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it supports the surrounding tīrtha-māhātmya by illustrating protective spiritual power.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this shloka.