Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

निर्गत्य तत्फलादाशु नृपदे हमवेष्टयत् । तक्षकावेष्टिते भूपे पार्श्वस्था दुद्रुवुर्भयात्

Transliteration

nirgatya tatphalādāśu nṛpade hamaveṣṭayat | takṣakāveṣṭite bhūpe pārśvasthā dudruvurbhayāt

Translation

มันรีบออกจากผลไม้นั้นแล้วขดรัดพระวรกายของพระราชา ครั้นเมื่อภูปะถูกทักษกะพันรัด ผู้ที่ยืนอยู่ใกล้เคียงก็แตกตื่นหนีไปด้วยความกลัว

Word by Word

• निर्गत्य: having come out
• निर्गत्य: Kriya (Prior action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nir + gam (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभावकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive)

• तत्फलात्: from that fruit
• तत्फलात्: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad + phala (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (तस्य फलात्)

• आशु: quickly
• आशु: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: āśu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• नृपदे: on/in the king’s body
• नृपदे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa + deha (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (नृपस्य देहः)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• अवेष्टयत्: coiled around/encircled
• अवेष्टयत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वेṣ्ट् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तक्षकावेष्टिते: when (he was) encircled by Takṣaka
• तक्षकावेष्टिते: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: takṣaka + āveṣṭita (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; तृतीया/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषभावः ‘encircled by Takṣaka’

• भूपे: in the king
• भूपे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• पार्श्वस्थाः: those standing nearby
• पार्श्वस्थाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārśva + stha (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पार्श्वे स्थाः)

• दुद्रुवुः: ran away
• दुद्रुवुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: द्रु (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• भयात्: from fear
• भयात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन

Speaker

Purāṇic narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setukṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇa audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Takṣaka bursts forth from the fruit and coils around the king; nearby attendants and brāhmaṇas scatter in panic, garments flying, faces contorted with fear.

Characters & Entities

• Takṣaka
• Nṛpa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Power and status cannot shield one from the fruits of actions; when time ripens, consequences arrive swiftly.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No direct tīrtha-glorification appears in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse narrates the immediate unfolding of the curse-like consequence.