Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

आयातस्य तु तुष्टस्य पुत्रदर्शनवाञ्छया । अन्तर्धानीकृते वस्त्रे ज्ञात्वा तं रौद्रचक्षुषम्

Transliteration

āyātasya tu tuṣṭasya putradarśanavāñchayā | antardhānīkṛte vastre jñātvā taṃ raudracakṣuṣam

Translation

เมื่อเขามาถึงด้วยความยินดี ปรารถนาจะได้เห็นบุตร และเมื่อผ้าถูกทำให้สูญหายไป เขาก็รู้ชัดว่าเป็นผู้มีดวงเนตรดุร้าย

Word by Word

• आयातस्य: of the one who had come
• आयातस्य: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आयात (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; आ + या धातोः क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• तु: but; indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• तुष्टस्य: of the pleased one
• तुष्टस्य: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; तुष् धातोः क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• पुत्रदर्शनवाञ्छया: by the desire to see (his) son
• पुत्रदर्शनवाञ्छया: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक) + वाञ्छा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पुत्रस्य दर्शनस्य वाञ्छा), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/हेतु-करण), एकवचन

• अन्तर्धानीकृते: (when) made invisible/hidden
• अन्तर्धानीकृते: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्तर्धान (प्रातिपदिक) + कृ (धातु) → अन्तर्धानीकृत (कृदन्त; क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; (वस्त्रे) विशेषण

• वस्त्रे: in/with the cloth
• वस्त्रे: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• ज्ञात्वा: having known
• ज्ञात्वा: Pūrvakāla (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive)

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

• रौद्रचक्षुषम्: having fierce eyes
• रौद्रचक्षुषम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रौद्र (प्रातिपदिक) + चक्षुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (रौद्रं चक्षुः यस्य), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; (तम्) विशेषण

Speaker

Nārada (deduced from surrounding dialogue)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A father-like figure arrives joyfully to see his son; suddenly a cloth vanishes, revealing the son’s fierce-eyed nature; the moment is one of startled recognition.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hidden actions become revealed; spiritual power and inner nature (raudra-tejas) cannot be concealed for long.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it remains part of a broader tīrtha-glorification chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None here; it is narrative context preceding advice on praise and appeasement.