Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 89

Devanagari script

तच्छ्रुत्वा स महाक्रंदमंधकः क्रोधमूर्छितः । आदाय खड्गमुत्तस्थौ किमिदं किमिदं ब्रुवन्

Transliteration

tacchrutvā sa mahākraṃdamaṃdhakaḥ krodhamūrchitaḥ | ādāya khaḍgamuttasthau kimidaṃ kimidaṃ bruvan

Translation

ครั้นได้ยินดังนั้น อันธกะก็เปล่งเสียงกึกก้องน่าสะพรึง กลัดกลุ้มด้วยโทสะจนเหมือนสลบ คว้าดาบลุกพรวดขึ้น พลางร้องซ้ำ ๆ ว่า “นี่อะไร? นี่อะไร?”

Word by Word

• tat: that (event/thing)
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• śrutvā: having heard
• śrutvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), 'having heard'

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• mahā-kranda: a great cry
• mahā-kranda: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + kranda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयसमास ('great' + 'cry'), पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• aṃdhakaḥ: Andhaka
• aṃdhakaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṃdhaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• krodha-mūrchitaḥ: overcome by anger
• krodha-mūrchitaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: krodha (प्रातिपदिक) + mūrchita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √mūrch)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (instrumental/causal sense: 'fainted/overcome by anger'), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• ādāya: having taken
• ādāya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√dā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), 'having taken'

• khaḍgam: sword
• khaḍgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: khaḍga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• uttasthau: rose up
• uttasthau: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ut-√sthā (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• kim: what?
• kim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• idam: this
• idam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• kim: what?
• kim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• idam: this
• idam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• bruvan: saying
• bruvan: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: brū (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present active participle), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice within the Tīrthamāhātmya frame; specific speaker not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Andhaka hears the news, emits a dreadful cry, staggers in rage, seizes a sword, and springs up, repeating ‘What is this?’—a portrait of stunned fury amid chaos.

Characters & Entities

• Andhaka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Uncontrolled anger clouds discernment; Purāṇic narratives warn that rage leads to fear and downfall when one opposes dharmic powers.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse sits inside the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya framework, but the particular tīrtha name is not stated in this isolated excerpt.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct injunction (snāna, dāna, japa, vrata) appears in this verse.