Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

ततो निश्चलतां प्राप्तः पादाक्रांतश्च दानवः । अकरोद्भैरवान्नादान्न शक्तश्चलितुं पदम्

Transliteration

tato niścalatāṃ prāptaḥ pādākrāṃtaśca dānavaḥ | akarodbhairavānnādānna śaktaścalituṃ padam

Translation

پھر دیوی کے پاؤں تلے دبا ہوا دانَو بالکل ساکن ہو گیا۔ وہ بھیروَ کے مانند ہولناک دھاڑیں مارتا رہا، مگر ایک قدم بھی ہلا نہ سکا۔

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then, thereafter
• tataḥ: Kriya-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-प्रकारः: अव्यय-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• niścalatām: immobility, stillness
• niścalatām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niścalatā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; भाववाचक

• prāptaḥ: having attained
• prāptaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-āp (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle/कृदन्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे (having attained)

• pāda-ākrāntaḥ: trampled by (a) foot
• pāda-ākrāntaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāda (प्रातिपदिक) + ā-krānta (प्रातिपदिक; √kram धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तृतीया-तत्पुरुष (pādena ākrāntaḥ = trodden by a foot)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunctive/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• dānavaḥ: demon
• dānavaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• akarot: made, produced
• akarot: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• bhairavān: terrifying
• bhairavān: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhairava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; (nādān) इति विशेषण

• nādān: roars, sounds
• nādān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• śaktaḥ: able
• śaktaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śakta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समर्थ (able)

• calitum: to move
• calitum: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: cal (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive/तुमन्त), अव्ययभाव

• padam: step, foot
• padam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice; likely Sūta-style narration within Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The asura lies pinned beneath the Goddess’s foot, frozen; his mouth open in a terrifying roar like Bhairava, yet his body cannot move; the Goddess stands unwavering, sword ready.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Dānava
• Bhairava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma loses its power when confronted by Divine authority; the Goddess immobilizes arrogance and restores order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse sits within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya framework; the immediate snippet focuses on the Goddess’s protective act rather than naming a single tīrtha explicitly.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual (snāna, dāna, japa, vrata) is stated in this verse.