Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

विजयेन समायुक्तास्तुष्टिं च परमां गताः । कथाश्चक्रुश्च युद्धोत्था युद्धं तस्य यथा भवत्

Transliteration

vijayena samāyuktāstuṣṭiṃ ca paramāṃ gatāḥ | kathāścakruśca yuddhotthā yuddhaṃ tasya yathā bhavat

Translation

เมื่อเปี่ยมด้วยชัยชนะและบรรลุความอิ่มเอมยิ่งแล้ว เขาทั้งหลายก็สนทนากันถึงเรื่องศึก—ว่าการรบครั้งนั้นดำเนินไปประการใด

Word by Word

• विजयेन: by victory; with victory
• विजयेन: Karana (Cause/Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विजय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन = Masculine, Instrumental singular

• समायुक्ताः: endowed; joined
• समायुक्ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + आ + √युज् (धातु; कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त) = past passive participle; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण (of implied subject दानवाः) ‘endowed/connected’

• तुष्टिम्: satisfaction; joy
• तुष्टिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तुष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन = Feminine, Accusative singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/coordination particle)

• परमाम्: supreme; great
• परमाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण of तुष्टिम्

• गताः: having attained
• गताः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √गम् (धातु; कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त) = past participle; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; कर्तरि ‘having attained’

• कथाः: stories; accounts
• कथाः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कथा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन = Feminine, Accusative plural

• चक्रुः: they made; they told
• चक्रुः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन = Perfect, 3rd person plural

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय)

• युद्धोत्थाः: arising from the battle
• युद्धोत्थाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युद्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्थ (√स्था/√उत्था; कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष = ‘arisen from battle’; विशेषण of (कथाः) understood as ‘battle-born (stories)’

• युद्धम्: the battle
• युद्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन = Neuter, Accusative singular

• तस्य: of that; his/its
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन = Genitive singular

• यथा: as; how
• यथा: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रकार/relative adverb) = ‘as/how’

• भवत्: was; happened
• भवत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन = Imperfect, 3rd person singular

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Nāgarakhaṇḍa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: In a richly appointed camp on Meru’s peak, Dānavas sit in circles, animatedly narrating the day’s battle; gestures are expansive, faces gleam with satisfaction, trophies and weapons lie nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Dānavas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly victory can intoxicate the mind; Purāṇic dharma urges humility and remembrance that triumph without righteousness is unstable.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific pilgrimage site is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.