Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

भोभोः शक्र भवानुक्तो यत्तया कोपयुक्तया । पराजयं रिपोः प्राप्य कारा गारे पतिष्यति

Transliteration

bhobhoḥ śakra bhavānukto yattayā kopayuktayā | parājayaṃ ripoḥ prāpya kārā gāre patiṣyati

Translation

اے شکر! تمہیں اس غضب ناک (دیوی) نے کہا ہے کہ دشمن کے ہاتھوں شکست کھا کر تم قید خانے میں جا پڑو گے۔

Word by Word

• भोभोः: O! O!
• भोभोः: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भोः (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बोधन-निपात (vocative interjection); पुनरुक्ति ‘bhobhoḥ’

• शक्र: O Śakra (Indra)
• शक्र: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• भवान्: you (honorific)
• भवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; आदरार्थक-सर्वनाम

• उक्तः: (was) told/said
• उक्तः: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया-विशेष)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive sense) ‘having been spoken/said’

• यत्: that/when
• यत्: Sambandha (Clause linker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय (relative particle) ‘that which/when’ (here introducing clause)

• तया: by her/by that (woman)
• तया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• कोपयुक्तया: by (her) who was filled with anger
• कोपयुक्तया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कोप + युक्त (कृदन्त; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त ‘युक्त’ (√युज्); तत्पुरुषः (कोपेन युक्ता = endowed with anger)

• पराजयम्: defeat
• पराजयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पराजय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• रिपोः: of the enemy
• रिपोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रिपु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• प्राप्य: having obtained/after attaining
• प्राप्य: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √आप् (धातु) with प्र- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) ‘having obtained/after attaining’

• कारागारे: in the prison
• कारागारे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारा + आगार (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (कारायाः आगारम् = prison-house)

• पतिष्यति: will fall
• पतिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पत् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narratorial voice within Tīrthamāhātmya (speaker not explicit in the excerpt)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An angry goddess/śakti figure addresses Śakra; Indra’s crown tilts as the prophecy of defeat and imprisonment is pronounced; shadows of a prison loom.

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Power without restraint invites downfall; even the king of gods is subject to karmic consequence and moral order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it forms part of the chapter’s broader tīrtha-linked narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative warning/prophecy rather than a ritual instruction.