Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

स जघान मृगांस्तत्र शरैराशीविषोपमैः । महिषांश्चवराहांश्च तरक्षूञ्च्छम्बरान्रुरून्

Transliteration

sa jaghāna mṛgāṃstatra śarairāśīviṣopamaiḥ | mahiṣāṃścavarāhāṃśca tarakṣūñcchambarānrurūn

Translation

ที่นั่นพระองค์ทรงสังหารสัตว์ป่าด้วยศรดุจอสรพิษมีพิษ—ทั้งกวาง ควายป่า หมูป่า ไฮยีนา กวางซัมบาร์ และละมั่ง—สำแดงเดชแห่งการล่าของกษัตริย์อย่างดุดัน

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• जघान: killed/struck down
• जघान: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकारः (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• मृगान्: deer/animals
• मृगान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्ययम् (locative adverb: 'there')

• शरैः: with arrows
• शरैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचनम्

• आशीविषोपमैः: like poisonous serpents
• आशीविषोपमैः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आशीविष (प्रातिपदिक) + उपम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषः (उपमान-सम्बन्धः: 'like venomous snakes'); पुंलिङ्गः, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; शरैः इति विशेषणम्

• महिषान्: buffaloes
• महिषान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महिष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• वराहान्: boars
• वराहान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वराह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• तरक्षून्: hyenas (tarakṣu)
• तरक्षून्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तरक्षु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• छम्बरान्: śambaras (a kind of deer/animal)
• छम्बरान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: छम्बर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

• रुरून्: rurus (a kind of deer)
• रुरून्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa relating the Māhātmya narrative)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king releases arrows compared to venomous serpents; multiple animals—boar, buffalo, hyena, sambara, antelope—scatter or fall amid dust and foliage.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic narratives often begin with worldly action (like a royal hunt) to set the stage for a turn toward dharma and tīrtha-merit; power without sacred orientation is incomplete.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse functions as narrative prelude within the Tīrthamāhātmya; the specific tīrtha is typically revealed in the surrounding verses of Adhyāya 17 rather than in this line alone.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None is stated in this verse; it describes the hunt and the king’s prowess.