Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 95

Devanagari script

तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा विश्वकर्मा त्वरान्वितः । यथायुधं तथा चक्रे वज्राख्यं दारुणाकृति

Transliteration

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā viśvakarmā tvarānvitaḥ | yathāyudhaṃ tathā cakre vajrākhyaṃ dāruṇākṛti

Translation

ครั้นได้สดับถ้อยคำของท่านนั้น วิศวกรรมาก็เร่งร้อน แล้วหล่อหลอมอาวุธตามรับสั่ง คือ “วัชระ” อันมีรูปอันน่าครั่นคร้าม

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘वचनम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• वचनम्: speech/command
• वचनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund)

• विश्वकर्मा: Viśvakarman
• विश्वकर्मा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वकर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• त्वरा: with haste
• त्वरा: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वरा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘अन्वितः’ इति सह

• अन्वितः: endowed/possessed
• अन्वितः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्वित (प्रातिपदिक; √इ ‘to go’ + उपसर्ग अनु; क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘त्वरया अन्वितः’ = endowed with haste

• यथा: as/according to
• यथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (adverb: as/according to)

• आयुधम्: (as) a weapon / weapon-form
• आयुधम्: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (as per the weapon-spec)

• तथा: thus/so
• तथा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (thus/so)

• चक्रे: made/forged
• चक्रे: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• वज्राख्यम्: named ‘Vajra’
• वज्राख्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वज्र + आख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (वज्र इति आख्या यस्य/वज्र-नामक)

• दारुणाकृतिः: of dreadful form
• दारुणाकृतिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दारुण + आकृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (दारुणा आकृतिः)

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta, implied continuation)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viśvakarmā, the celestial architect, hastily forges a fearsome vajra-weapon, sparks and divine fire illuminating the workshop of the gods.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvakarmā
• Indra
• Vajra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When a cause is righteous, even skill and craft become a form of sacred service supporting cosmic order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse does not name a site; it supports the chapter’s mahātmya by narrating the dharmic outcome of a sage’s gift.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it describes the completion of a divine instrument (Vajra) born from sacrificial dāna.