Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 100

Devanagari script

उपप्लवस्य कर्तारो नष्टाः सर्वे दिशो दश । गन्धर्वाणां च लोकं हि भयेन महता गताः

Transliteration

upaplavasya kartāro naṣṭāḥ sarve diśo daśa | gandharvāṇāṃ ca lokaṃ hi bhayena mahatā gatāḥ

Translation

فتنے کے کرنے والے دسوں سمتوں میں سب کے سب ناپید ہو گئے؛ بڑے خوف سے مجبور ہو کر وہ گندھروؤں کے لوک کی طرف چلے گئے۔

Word by Word

• उपप्लवस्य: of the calamity/disturbance
• उपप्लवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपप्लव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (of ...)

• कर्तारः: doers/causers
• कर्तारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; कर्तृवाचक

• नष्टाः: destroyed/perished
• नष्टाः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नश् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्तारः इति विशेषण

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Qualifier of subject/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्तारः इति विशेषण

• दिशः: directions
• दिशः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; गत्यर्थे कर्म

• दश: ten
• दश: Karma (Numeral qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दशन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्या-शब्दः; द्वितीया, बहुवचनार्थे ‘दिशः’ इति विशेषण

• गन्धर्वाणाम्: of the Gandharvas
• गन्धर्वाणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध

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

• लोकम्: world/realm
• लोकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; गत्यर्थे कर्म

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis/indeed)

• भयेन: by/through fear
• भयेन: Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause/करण-हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; हेतौ/करणे

• महता: great
• महता: Karana/Hetu (Qualifier of instrument/करण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; ‘भयेन’ इति विशेषण

• गताः: went
• गताः: Kriya (Predicate action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त, past participle used finitely), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगः (they went)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa; specific speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Shadowy instigators of turmoil scatter to the ten directions; a luminous boundary of the sacred region pushes them outward; distant celestial musicians (Gandharvas) appear as a refuge-realm.

Characters & Entities

• Gandharvas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Those who create disorder ultimately lose stability and are driven away; adharma leads to displacement and fear.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; this verse describes the flight of troublemakers within the chapter’s storyline.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.