Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

ततस्तान्सुहयांस्तस्य शृंगाभ्यां वेगमाश्रितः । दारयामास संक्रुद्ध आविध्याविध्य चासकृत्

Transliteration

tatastānsuhayāṃstasya śṛṃgābhyāṃ vegamāśritaḥ | dārayāmāsa saṃkruddha āvidhyāvidhya cāsakṛt

Translation

แล้วเขาอาศัยแรงพุ่งนั้น ด้วยความเดือดดาล ใช้เขาทั้งสองฉีกแทงม้าชั้นเลิศเหล่านั้น ซ้ำแล้วซ้ำเล่า ทั้งกระแทกทั้งเหวี่ยงให้กระเด็นอยู่เนืองๆ

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रमबोधक (then)

• तान्: those
• तान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• सुहयान्: good horses
• सुहयान्: Karma (Apposition to object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुहय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• तस्य: of him/of that (Indra)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक; षष्ठी विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• शृंगाभ्याम्: with (his) two horns
• शृंगाभ्याम्: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शृंग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति (करण), द्विवचन

• वेगम्: speed
• वेगम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• आश्रितः: having resorted to/possessed
• आश्रितः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ-श्रि (धातु) → आश्रित (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (सः)

• दारयामास: tore apart
• दारयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दॄ (धातु; दारणे) → दारयामास (णिच् + लिट्)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच् (causative/intensive sense: tore asunder)

• संक्रुद्धः: enraged
• संक्रुद्धः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-क्रुध् (धातु) → संक्रुद्ध (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (सः)

• आविध्य: having struck/whirled
• आविध्य: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/Adverbial action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-व्यध्/विध् (धातु; आविध्य = क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त; पूर्वक्रिया (having struck/whirled)

• आविध्य: having struck again
• आविध्य: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/Adverbial action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-व्यध्/विध् (धातु) → आविध्य (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त; पुनरुक्त-क्रिया (repeated action)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• असकृत्: repeatedly
• असकृत्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: असकृत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आवृत्तिवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (repeatedly)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Nāgarakhaṇḍa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The enraged dānava, using sharp horns, rips into Indra’s fine horses, lifting and flinging them; bodies twist midair as dust and blood mark the violence.

Characters & Entities

• Indra (Śakra)
• Devas
• Horses (vājinaḥ)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Violence fueled by fury spreads suffering beyond the main opponent; dharma warns that krodha harms even the innocent and weak.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it supports the larger māhātmya narrative context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is descriptive of the conflict.