Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

ततः सर्वं समालोक्य ताप्यमानं महोरगैः । तत्स्थानं स्वजनैर्मुक्तं दुःखेन महतान्वितैः

Transliteration

tataḥ sarvaṃ samālokya tāpyamānaṃ mahoragaiḥ | tatsthānaṃ svajanairmuktaṃ duḥkhena mahatānvitaiḥ

Translation

پھر جب اس نے دیکھا کہ مہانگ ہر طرف عذاب پہنچا رہے ہیں تو اس مقام کے لوگ بڑے رنج میں ڈوب کر اسے چھوڑ گئے۔

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Time/Sequence (काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘then/from there’)

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• समालोक्य: having observed
• समालोक्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् + आलोक् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive): ‘having seen’

• ताप्यमानम्: being tormented
• ताप्यमानम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तप् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमान-कर्मणि-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘being tormented/heated’

• महोरगैः: by great serpents
• महोरगैः: Karana/Agent in passive (करण/कर्तृ-भाव)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महोरग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• तत्स्थानम्: that place
• तत्स्थानम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (तस्य स्थानम्)

• स्वजनैः: by her own people/kinsmen
• स्वजनैः: Karana/Agent in passive (करण/कर्तृ-भाव)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (स्वस्य जनाः)

• मुक्तम्: abandoned
• मुक्तम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘abandoned/released’

• दुःखेन: with sorrow
• दुःखेन: Hetu/Instrument (हेतु/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• महतान्वितैः: by those accompanied with great (grief)
• महतान्वितैः: Karana/Agent in passive (करण/कर्तृ-भाव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्वित (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (महत्या/महता अन्वित)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya discourse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Villagers with bundles and family members depart a serpent-tormented settlement; serpents appear in streets/fields; faces show grief and exhaustion; emptying houses and silent shrines.

Characters & Entities

• mahā-uraga (great serpents)
• inhabitants (svajanāḥ)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When a place falls into affliction, collective dharmic stability breaks; protection follows righteousness and right conduct.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse indicates a locale impacted by serpents, but does not specify the tīrtha name in this excerpt.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None stated.