Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14
Devanagari script
एतस्मिन्नंतरे प्राप्तो हैहयाधिपतिर्बली । सहस्रार्जुन इत्येव विख्यातो यो महीतले
Transliteration
etasminnaṃtare prāpto haihayādhipatirbalī | sahasrārjuna ityeva vikhyāto yo mahītale
Translation
ครั้นในกาลนั้นเอง เจ้าแห่งไหหยะผู้ทรงเดชได้มาถึง—ผู้ซึ่งเลื่องลือบนแผ่นดินในนามว่า “สหัสรารชุน”
Word by Word
एतस्मिन्in this
एतस्मिन्:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम-शब्दः; नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7/सप्तमी), एकवचनम्; locative singular
अन्तरेin the interval
अन्तरे:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7/सप्तमी), एकवचनम्; locative singular (अन्तरे = in the interval)
प्राप्तःarrived
प्राप्तः:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-आप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्तः भूतकर्मणि/भूतकाले कृदन्तः; पुल्लिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1/प्रथमा), एकवचनम्; past passive participle used predicatively
हैहयाधिपतिःthe lord of the Haihayas
हैहयाधिपतिः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootहैहय + अधिपति (प्रातिपदिके)
Formषष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (हैहयानाम् अधिपतिः); पुल्लिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1/प्रथमा), एकवचनम्; nominative singular
बलीmighty
बली:
Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootबलिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1/प्रथमा), एकवचनम्; nominative singular; विशेषणम्
सहस्रार्जुनःSahasrārjuna (a name)
सहस्रार्जुनः:
Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-सम्बोधनार्थक)
TypeNoun
Rootसहस्र + अर्जुन (प्रातिपदिके)
Formकर्मधारयः (सहस्रः अर्जुनः इव/सहस्रार्जुनः—नाम); पुल्लिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1/प्रथमा), एकवचनम्; nominative singular
इतिthus
इति:
Sambandha (Quotation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formइति-शब्दः; अव्ययम्; quotation marker
एवindeed
एव:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formनिश्चयार्थक-अव्ययम् (emphatic particle)
विख्यातःwas renowned
विख्यातः:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवि-ख्या (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्तः कृदन्तः; पुल्लिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1/प्रथमा), एकवचनम्; past passive participle used predicatively
यःwho
यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम-शब्दः; पुल्लिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1/प्रथमा), एकवचनम्; relative pronoun, nominative singular
महीतलेon the earth's surface
महीतले:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootमही + तल (प्रातिपदिके)
Formषष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (महेः तलम्); नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7/सप्तमी), एकवचनम्; locative singular
Speaker
Sūta
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A powerful Haihaya king arrives suddenly at a forested sacred tract—royal retinue implied, weapons and insignia subdued by the sanctity of the place; the atmosphere anticipates a sage-encounter.
Characters & Entities
H
HaihayasS
Sahasrārjuna (Kārtavīrya Arjuna)FAQs
The arrival of a powerful king into an ascetic space foreshadows the ethical test of power versus restraint.
The episode unfolds within the Tīrthamāhātmya frame connected to Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra.
None in this verse.