Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 78

Devanagari script

जग्मुः शक्रं समादाय पुनरेवामरावतीम् । गौतमोऽपि निजा वासं गतः कोपसमाश्रितः

Transliteration

jagmuḥ śakraṃ samādāya punarevāmarāvatīm | gautamo'pi nijā vāsaṃ gataḥ kopasamāśritaḥ

Translation

เหล่าเทพนำพระศักระไปด้วย แล้วกลับสู่อมราวตีอีกครั้ง ส่วนโคตมะก็กลับสู่ที่พำนักของตน ด้วยโทสะครอบงำ

Word by Word

• jagmuḥ: went
• jagmuḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (गम्)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• śakram: Śakra (Indra)
• śakram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• samādāya: having taken (along)
• samādāya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-√dā (दा/√dā)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), उपसर्गसमेत (having taken up/carrying)

• punar: again
• punar: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punar (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, पुनरावृत्तिवाचक (adverb)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारणार्थक

• amarāvatīm: to Amarāvatī
• amarāvatīm: Karma/Goal (Destination/गति-लक्ष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: amarāvatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; नगरनाम

• gautamaḥ: Gautama
• gautamaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gautama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय/अपि-कार (also/even)

• nijam: his own
• nijam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणं ‘vāsam’

• vāsam: dwelling; abode
• vāsam: Karma/Goal (Destination/गति-लक्ष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• gataḥ: went; having gone
• gataḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gata (प्रातिपदिक; √gam/गम् + क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोग (having gone)

• kopa: anger
• kopa: Sambandha (Qualifier base)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kopa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; समासपूर्वपद (anger)

• samāśritaḥ: having resorted to; possessed of
• samāśritaḥ: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ā-śrita (प्रातिपदिक; sam-ā-√śri/श्रि + क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘gataḥ’ इत्यस्य/गौतमस्य विशेषण

Speaker

Narrator (within Viśvāmitra’s narration framework continuing into Adhyāya 208)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (chapter narrative)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Frame audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devas escort Indra back to Amarāvatī in a celestial procession; in contrast, Gautama returns to his hermitage with a stern, anger-tinged expression, creating a split-scene of restoration and lingering wrath.

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Amarāvatī
• Gautama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even exalted sages can be seized by krodha; the narrative sets up subsequent acts of expiation and restoration of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The surrounding chapter belongs to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya in the Nāgara Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is stated here; it functions as narrative transition leading to later prescriptions.