Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

ततः प्रविष्टः संग्रामे न पराजयमाप्स्यसि । त्वं वह्ने सर्वभक्षश्च यत्प्रोक्तो रुष्टया तया

Transliteration

tataḥ praviṣṭaḥ saṃgrāme na parājayamāpsyasi | tvaṃ vahne sarvabhakṣaśca yatprokto ruṣṭayā tayā

Translation

پھر جب تم میدانِ جنگ میں داخل ہوگے تو تمہیں شکست نہ ہوگی۔ اور اے آگنی! تو سب کچھ بھسم کرنے والا ہے—اسی طرح اس نے غضب میں تجھے کہا تھا۔

Word by Word

• tataḥ: thereafter; then
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable adverb): तस्मात्/ततः = thereafter, from that (place/time)

• praviṣṭaḥ: having entered
• praviṣṭaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√viś (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त): पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; अर्थः ‘प्रविष्टः’ = having entered

• saṃgrāme: in battle
• saṃgrāme: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃgrāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• parājayam: defeat
• parājayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parājaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• āpsyasi: you will meet/obtain
• āpsyasi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √āp (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future/भविष्यत्), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद; ‘प्राप्स्यसि/आप्स्यसि’ = you will obtain/meet

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, उत्तम-पुरुषार्थे (2nd person pronoun), प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• vahne: O Fire (Agni)
• vahne: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vahni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• sarvabhakṣaḥ: all-devouring
• sarvabhakṣaḥ: Karta (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + bhakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कर्मधारय/उपपद-तत्पुरुषभावः): ‘सर्वं भक्षयति’ इति; पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• yat: what/that which
• yat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक ‘यत्’ = that which/what

• proktaḥ: was said
• proktaḥ: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√vac (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त): पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘प्रोक्तः’ = spoken/said

• ruṣṭayā: by (her) being angry
• ruṣṭayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ruṣṭā (प्रातिपदिक; √ruṣ + kta)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; विशेषण ‘रुष्टया’ = by the angry (woman)

• tayā: by her
• tayā: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

Speaker

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

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara Kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Implied ṛṣis/śaunaka-ādi sages at Naimiṣāraṇya (standard Sūta frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A boon is pronounced before a looming battlefield: the recipient is assured of non-defeat; Agni is addressed as the all-devouring force, the air charged with wrath and radiance.

Characters & Entities

• Agni (Vahni)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cosmic forces (like Agni) operate under divine decree; boons and declarations shape outcomes such as victory or defeat.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse does not name a tīrtha; it is part of the chapter’s connected narrative within the Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; Agni is referenced by nature (sarvabhakṣa) rather than through a rite like homa in this line.