Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

एवमुक्त्वाथ तेषां तं सहस्राक्षं भयातुरम् । दर्शयामास दक्षस्तु विनयावनतं स्थितम्

Transliteration

evamuktvātha teṣāṃ taṃ sahasrākṣaṃ bhayāturam | darśayāmāsa dakṣastu vinayāvanataṃ sthitam

Translation

ครั้นกล่าวดังนั้นแล้ว ทักษะได้ชี้ให้พวกเขาเห็นท้าวสหัสรเนตร (อินทร์) ผู้หวาดหวั่นด้วยความกลัว ยืนอยู่ ณ ที่นั้นด้วยความนอบน้อมก้มศีรษะลง

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable adverb: ‘thus’)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + क्त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having said)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha-bodhaka (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (particle: then/now)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (of them)

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

• सहस्राक्षम्: the thousand-eyed (Indra)
• सहस्राक्षम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र + अक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (बहुव्रीहिवत् उपाधि-प्रयोगः ‘सहस्राणि अक्षाणि यस्य’); द्वितीया, एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग

• भयातुरम्: distressed with fear
• भयातुरम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भय + आतुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (भयेन आतुरः); द्वितीया, एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग; विशेषणम् (qualifying sahasrākṣam)

• दर्शयामास: showed
• दर्शयामास: Kriyā (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) caus. दर्शय + आमास (लिट्-परस्मैपद)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; कारणे (causative sense: ‘caused to see/showed’)

• दक्षः: Dakṣa
• दक्षः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग; कर्तृपद

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

• विनयावनतम्: bowed down in humility
• विनयावनतम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विनय + अवनत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (विनयेन अवनतः); द्वितीया, एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘tam/sahasrākṣam’)

• स्थितम्: standing
• स्थितम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) + क्त (क्त-प्रत्यय) स्थित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle); द्वितीया, एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग; विशेषणम् (standing/being)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; not explicitly named in verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Dakṣa, after speaking, reveals Indra (Sahasrākṣa) standing aside, visibly shaken, hands lowered or joined, head bowed in humility before a group of brāhmaṇas/sages.

Characters & Entities

• Dakṣa
• Sahasrākṣa (Indra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the mighty must bow to dharma; humility and accountability enable reconciliation and the return of auspicious order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No explicit tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual instruction; it narrates a moment of submission and restoration following ritual conflict.