Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

एतस्मिन्नंतरे नागाः सर्वे तत्र समागताः । रुरुदुर्दुःखिताः संतो बाष्पपर्याकुलेक्षणाः

Transliteration

etasminnaṃtare nāgāḥ sarve tatra samāgatāḥ | rurudurduḥkhitāḥ saṃto bāṣpaparyākulekṣaṇāḥ

Translation

ในระหว่างนั้นเหล่านาคทั้งปวงก็ชุมนุมกัน ณ ที่นั้น; ด้วยความทุกข์โศกจึงร่ำไห้ ดวงตาพร่ามัวและสั่นไหวด้วยหยาดน้ำตา

Word by Word

• etasmin: in this
• etasmin: Adhikarana (Location in time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; 'अन्तरे' इत्यनेन सह

• antare: in the meantime, in the interval
• antare: Adhikarana (Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: antara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; 'in the interval/meanwhile'

• nāgāḥ: serpents (nāgas)
• nāgāḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन

• sarve: all
• sarve: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन; 'नागाः' इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Place)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक) — 'there'

• samāgatāḥ: assembled, arrived
• samāgatāḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: samāgata (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √gam (धातु) + क्त, सम्-आ-उपसर्ग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, कर्तृविशेषण (arrived)

• ruruduḥ: they wept
• ruruduḥ: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: rud (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपदी, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन

• duḥkhitāḥ: sorrowful
• duḥkhitāḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: duḥkhita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √duḥkh/duḥkha (नामधातु/भाव) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन; कर्तृविशेषण

• santaḥ: being
• santaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sat (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √as (धातु) शतृ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन; शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त (present participle) — 'being'

• bāṣpa-paryākula-īkṣaṇāḥ: with eyes clouded by tears
• bāṣpa-paryākula-īkṣaṇāḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bāṣpa (प्रातिपदिक) + paryākula (प्रातिपदिक) + īkṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (बाष्पेण पर्याकुलं ईक्षणं येषाम्/बाष्पपर्याकुलम् ईक्षणम्)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Māhātmya style)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A multitude of Nāgas arrive—some with serpent hoods, some human-like—encircling the bereaved parents; all weep, eyes reddened, tears pooling, a heavy stillness over the place.

Characters & Entities

• Nāgas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sorrow becomes communal, and community gathers around the afflicted—preparing the ground for counsel, rite, and restoration of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse does not name a tīrtha directly; it is part of a larger tīrtha-māhātmya chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse describes assembly and lamentation.