Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

ततश्चुक्रोश दैत्योऽसौ व्योममार्गं समाश्रितः । पृष्ठ्यास्तलेन निर्भिन्नो रुधिरौघपरिप्लुतः

Transliteration

tataścukrośa daityo'sau vyomamārgaṃ samāśritaḥ | pṛṣṭhyāstalena nirbhinno rudhiraughapariplutaḥ

Translation

அப்போது அந்த தைத்தியன் அலறிக்கொண்டு வான்வழியை நாடினான்; தேவியின் முதுகழுத்தின் அழுத்தத்தால் கிழிக்கப்பட்டு, இரத்தப் பெருக்கில் நனைந்தான்।

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): 'then'

• cukrośa: cried out
• cukrośa: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kruś (क्रुश्)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; 'cried out'

• daityaḥ: the Daitya (demon)
• daityaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन

• asau: that one, he
• asau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adas (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; निर्देशार्थ: 'that (one)'

• vyoma-mārgam: the path of the sky, aerial route
• vyoma-mārgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyoman (प्रातिपदिक) + mārga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: 'sky' + 'path' → 'sky-path'

• samāśritaḥ: having taken to, having resorted to
• samāśritaḥ: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-√śri (श्रि)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग प्रथमा एकवचन; 'having resorted to/taken refuge in' (agreeing with daityaḥ)

• pṛṣṭhyāḥ: of (his) back
• pṛṣṭhyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pṛṣṭhī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी एकवचन; 'of the back'

• talena: with the flat surface
• talena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया एकवचन; 'with the surface/flat (part)'

• nirbhinnaḥ: pierced, split open
• nirbhinnaḥ: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nir-√bhid (भिद्)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग प्रथमा एकवचन; 'split/pierced'

• rudhira-ogha-pariplutaḥ: covered in a flood of blood
• rudhira-ogha-pariplutaḥ: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rudhira (प्रातिपदिक) + ogha (प्रातिपदिक) + paripluta (कृदन्त; pari-√plu प्लु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (बहुपद): 'blood' + 'flood/stream' + 'covered/immersed' → 'covered with a flood of blood'

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The demon cries out and surges upward into the sky, but the Goddess’ crushing pressure on his back pierces him; blood streams down as he falters mid-air.

Characters & Entities

• Daitya (Mahiṣa—implied)
• Devī (implied)
• vyoma (sky)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma may attempt escape, but divine justice follows; harm done to the sacred returns upon the aggressor.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.