Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

एतस्मिन्नन्तरे जीवः शक्राण्या भयभीतया । सोद्वेगया परिपृष्टः क्व गतोऽथ पुरंदरः

Transliteration

etasminnantare jīvaḥ śakrāṇyā bhayabhītayā | sodvegayā paripṛṣṭaḥ kva gato'tha puraṃdaraḥ

Translation

இதற்கிடையில் அச்சத்தால் நடுங்கி கலங்கிய சக்ராணி (இந்திராணி) ஜீவனை வினவினாள்— “புரந்தரன் (இந்திரன்) எங்கே சென்றான்?”

Word by Word

• etasmin: in this
• etasmin: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• antare: in the interval, meanwhile
• antare: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: antara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• jīvaḥ: Jīva (a being/person named Jīva)
• jīvaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jīva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• śakrāṇyā: by Śakrāṇī (Indrāṇī)
• śakrāṇyā: Karana (Agent-in-passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakrāṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• bhaya-bhītayā: frightened with fear
• bhaya-bhītayā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhaya (प्रातिपदिक) + bhīta (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त-आधारित)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; विशेषणम् (agreeing with śakrāṇyā)

• sa-udvegayā: anxiously, agitated
• sa-udvegayā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + udvega (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; विशेषणम् (agreeing with śakrāṇyā)

• paripṛṣṭaḥ: was questioned
• paripṛṣṭaḥ: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pari + √prach (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन; (passive sense)

• kva: where?
• kva: Adhikarana (Query-locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (interrogative adverb)

• gataḥ: gone
• gataḥ: Karta (Predicate/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √gam (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past participle, intransitive sense); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/अनन्तर-बोधक (then/now)

• puraṃdaraḥ: Purandara (Indra)
• puraṃdaraḥ: Karta (Subject of implied clause/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puraṃdara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Nāgarakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indrāṇī, alarmed, turns to Jīva with folded hands; behind her, svarga’s corridors feel tense, attendants whisper, distant battle-noise implied.

Characters & Entities

• Jīva
• Śakrāṇī (Indrāṇī)
• Purandara (Indra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In times of disorder, even the mighty are shaken; seeking the cause and remedy becomes the first step toward restoring dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it is part of the narrative framework leading into tīrtha-related resolution.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is a dialogue trigger that leads to later counsel and corrective religious action.