Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 94

Devanagari script

ततः स दानवस्तासां दृष्ट्वा तच्चेष्टितं रुषा । स्वस्य गात्रस्य रक्षां स चकार भयसंकुलः

Transliteration

tataḥ sa dānavastāsāṃ dṛṣṭvā tacceṣṭitaṃ ruṣā | svasya gātrasya rakṣāṃ sa cakāra bhayasaṃkulaḥ

Translation

پھر وہ دانو اُن کی چال ڈھال دیکھ کر غضب سے بھڑک اٹھا؛ خوف میں گھِر کر اپنے ہی جسم کی حفاظت کرنے لگا۔

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: then/thereupon)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• dānavaḥ: the Dānava (demon)
• dānavaḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• tāsām: of those (women)
• tāsām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (दृश् धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), ‘दृष्ट्वा’ = having seen

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object-part/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम; विशेषण

• ceṣṭitam: act; behavior
• ceṣṭitam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ceṣṭita (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-भाववाचक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• ruṣā: with anger; in wrath
• ruṣā: Karana/Hetu (Means/Cause/करण-हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ruṣ (रुष् धातु)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• svasya: of his own
• svasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंस, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; स्व-शब्दः

• gātrasya: of (his) body/limbs
• gātrasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gātra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• rakṣām: protection; defense
• rakṣām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rakṣā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• cakāra: did; made
• cakāra: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• bhaya-saṃkulaḥ: filled with fear
• bhaya-saṃkulaḥ: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhaya (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃkula (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/संबन्धार्थे: ‘भयेन संकुलः’); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice within the Tīrthamāhātmya frame; specific speaker not explicit in snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The dānava leader, enraged yet visibly shaken, draws protective measures around himself—armor, mantras, or a defensive stance—while yoginīs loom as an inexhaustible threat.

Characters & Entities

• Dānava (Andhaka implied)
• Yoginīs

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma ultimately turns into fear; when one harms others, one is forced into defensive, anxious living.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The excerpt does not name a tīrtha; it is part of a larger Tīrthamāhātmya chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.