Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

ततस्तेषामपि तथा मुखाद्दंष्ट्रा विनिर्गताः । रुधिरं च ततो जज्ञे शेषपत्न्या यथा तथा

Transliteration

tatasteṣāmapi tathā mukhāddaṃṣṭrā vinirgatāḥ | rudhiraṃ ca tato jajñe śeṣapatnyā yathā tathā

Translation

تب ان کے منہ سے بھی دانت (تکلیف کے ساتھ) باہر نکل آئے؛ اور پھر خون بہہ نکلا—بالکل اسی طرح جیسے شیش ناگ کی بیوی کے معاملے میں ہوا تھا۔

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then, thereafter
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Sequence/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अनन्तर्य/तस्मात्-अर्थे)

• teṣām: of them
• teṣām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Additive particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/अपि = also)

• tathā: thus
• tathā: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रकारवाचक: thus)

• mukhāt: from the mouth
• mukhāt: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/अपादान), एकवचन

• daṃṣṭrāḥ: fangs
• daṃṣṭrāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daṃṣṭrā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• vinirgatāḥ: emerged
• vinirgatāḥ: Kriyā (Predicative/क्रिया-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √gam (गम्) + vi-nis- (उपसर्ग) + kta (क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘come out/emerged’ (daṃṣṭrāḥ इत्यस्य)

• rudhiram: blood
• rudhiram: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudhira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय)

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Sequence/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (तस्मात्/ततः = then/from that)

• jajñe: arose, was produced
• jajñe: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jan (जन्)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), आत्मनेपद; तृतीय-पुरुष, एकवचन

• śeṣa-patnyā: (as) by Śeṣa’s wife
• śeṣa-patnyā: Upamāna (Comparison basis/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śeṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + patnī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: ‘śeṣasya patnī’); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन; उपमान-निर्देशे ‘by/like (that of) Śeṣa’s wife’

• yathā: as
• yathā: Upamāna (Comparison marker/उपमान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उपमान-वाचक)

• tathā: so, likewise
• tathā: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (तुल्य-प्रकारवाचक: so)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya discourse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Close view of nāgas recoiling as their fangs protrude painfully and blood appears at their mouths; the ascetic woman stands untouched, radiance implied; a subtle reference motif to ‘Śeṣa’s wife’ appears as a symbolic vignette or mural in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Śeṣa
• Śeṣapatnī (wife of Śeṣa)
• pannaga (serpents)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Harm aimed at the virtuous returns upon the aggressor; tapas operates as an unseen moral law.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it supports the surrounding tīrtha-māhātmya by illustrating protective spiritual power.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this shloka.