Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 82

Devanagari script

स्वरक्तेन कृते होमे देवदेवेन शम्भुना । स एष भगवान्क्रुद्धः स्वयमभ्येति तेंऽतिकम्

Transliteration

svaraktena kṛte home devadevena śambhunā | sa eṣa bhagavānkruddhaḥ svayamabhyeti teṃ'tikam

Translation

Nang si Śambhu, ang Diyos ng mga diyos, ay magsagawa ng homa gamit ang sarili niyang dugo, ang Panginoong iyon—na ngayo’y nagngangalit—ay kusang lumalapit sa iyong harapan.

Word by Word

• स्वरक्तेन: with (his) own blood
• स्वरक्तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + रक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः — “स्वं रक्तम्” → instrumental: “with his own blood”

• कृते: when performed
• कृते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय) → कृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्तः — “when done/performed” (locative absolute with होमे)

• होमे: in the homa (fire-offering)
• होमे: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: होम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — “in the sacrifice/oblation” (with कृते forming locative absolute)

• देवदेवेन: by the god of gods
• देवदेवेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः — “देवानां देवः” → instrumental: “by the god of gods”

• शम्भुना: by Śambhu
• शम्भुना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम्भु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन — “by Śambhu (Śiva)”

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — “he”

• एषः: this (very one)
• एषः: Apposition (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — “this (very one)”

• भगवान्: the Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता) (समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — “the Blessed Lord”

• क्रुद्धः: angry
• क्रुद्धः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता) (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्रुध् (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय) → क्रुद्ध (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्तः — “angered”

• स्वयम्: himself
• स्वयम्: Karta-visheshana (Agent-modifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) — “himself”

• अभ्येति: approaches
• अभ्येति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि + इ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — “approaches/comes near”

• ते: your
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन — “of you/your” (with अन्तिकम्: “to your vicinity”)

• अन्तिकम्: near (vicinity)
• अन्तिकम्: Gati/Karma (Goal as object/गत्यर्थकर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — accusative of goal: “near (you), vicinity”

Speaker

Unspecified narrator (addressing Andhaka)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vahni-kuṇḍa (implied)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Andhaka

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śambhu performs a fearsome homa, offering his own blood into the flames; the fire turns crimson-gold; the atmosphere thickens; then the wrathful Lord advances toward Andhaka—towering, ash-smeared, third eye blazing—while Kelīśvarī and raudrīs stand ready.

Characters & Entities

• Śambhu (Śiva/Rudra)
• Homa
• Self-blood offering (svarakta)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine commitment to protecting dharma is portrayed as total and uncompromising—symbolized by the extremity of self-offering.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is explicitly identified in this verse; it highlights the intensity of Śiva’s sacrificial act within the māhātmya narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A homa is mentioned, but as a divine act (not a recommended human ritual), emphasizing sacrificial resolve.