Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

अथ चापं समारोप्य सत्वरं पाकशासनः । शरैराशीविषाकारैश्छादयामास दानवम्

Transliteration

atha cāpaṃ samāropya satvaraṃ pākaśāsanaḥ | śarairāśīviṣākāraiśchādayāmāsa dānavam

Translation

پھر پاک شاسن (اِندر) نے فوراً کمان چڑھا کر، زہریلے سانپوں جیسے تیروں سے دانَو کو ڈھانپ دیا۔

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (sequence/then)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• आपम्: bow
• आपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• समारोप्य: having strung/raised (it)
• समारोप्य: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/Adverbial action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-रुह् (धातु) → समारोप्य (क्त्वान्त कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वक्रिया (having mounted/placed)

• सत्वरम्: quickly
• सत्वरम्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सत्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• पाकशासनः: Pākaśāsana (Indra)
• पाकशासनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाक-शासन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पाकस्य शासनः = Indra)

• शरैः: with arrows
• शरैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन

• आशीविषाकारैः: having the form of venomous serpents
• आशीविषाकारैः: Karana (Instrumental qualifier/करणविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आशीविष-आकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (आशीविषस्य आकारः) विशेषणम् (शरैः)

• छादयामास: covered
• छादयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: छद् (धातु) → छादयामास (णिच् + लिट्/परस्मैपद)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative nuance: caused to be covered/covered)

• दानवम्: the demon
• दानवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya context; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra (Pākaśāsana) snaps his bow into aim and unleashes a dense cloud of arrows that visually resemble coiling venomous serpents, engulfing a towering dānava on the battlefield.

Characters & Entities

• Indra (Pākaśāsana)
• Dānava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When dharma is threatened, decisive action is taken to restrain adharma; righteous force is swift and purposeful.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as part of the broader tīrthamāhātmya narration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.