Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

विश्वामित्रं परित्यज्य शेषं सर्वं निपातितम् । तं दृष्ट्वा वेष्टितं म्लेच्छैर्यु ध्यमानं महीपतिम्

Transliteration

viśvāmitraṃ parityajya śeṣaṃ sarvaṃ nipātitam | taṃ dṛṣṭvā veṣṭitaṃ mlecchairyu dhyamānaṃ mahīpatim

Translation

เว้นไว้แต่วิศวามิตรผู้มิได้ถูกแตะต้อง ที่เหลือทั้งหมดถูกโค่นลง ครั้นเห็นพระราชาผู้กำลังรบ ถูกพวกมเลจฉะล้อมไว้

Word by Word

• विश्वामित्रम्: Viśvāmitra
• विश्वामित्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वामित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• परित्यज्य: having left aside
• परित्यज्य: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial to main action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परि-√त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund); पूर्वक्रिया (having abandoned)

• शेषम्: the remaining
• शेषम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; 'शेषम्' इत्यस्य विशेषण

• निपातितम्: was felled/struck down
• निपातितम्: Karma (Predicate to object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निपातित (कृदन्त; नि-√पत् (धातु) + णिच्)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे 'शेषं सर्वम्' इत्यस्य विधेय

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund); पूर्वक्रिया (having seen)

• वेष्टितम्: surrounded
• वेष्टितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेष्टित (कृदन्त; √वेष्ट्/√वेष्टय् (धातु))
• Form: भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; 'महीपतिम्' इत्यस्य विशेषण

• म्लेच्छैः: by barbarians
• म्लेच्छैः: Karana (Instrument/Agent in passive sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: म्लेच्छ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• युध्यमानम्: fighting
• युध्यमानम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युध्यमान (कृदन्त; √युध् (धातु))
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त आत्मनेपदी कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; 'महीपतिम्' इत्यस्य विशेषण

• महीपतिम्: the king
• महीपतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महीपति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मही + पति); पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After the slaughter of troops, the focus shifts to a lone king fighting amid surrounding mleccha-warriors; Viśvāmitra stands apart, conspicuously unharmed, witnessing the collapse.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvāmitra
• Mlecchas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even amid conflict, the narrative introduces restraint and a larger dharmic concern—what happens to the king affects the realm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not identifiable from this verse alone; it is embedded in the chapter’s tīrtha-māhātmya setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.