Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

शक्रोऽपि गौतमं दृष्ट्वा पलायनपरायणः । निर्जगामाश्रमात्तस्माद्विवस्त्रोऽपि भयाकुलः

Transliteration

śakro'pi gautamaṃ dṛṣṭvā palāyanaparāyaṇaḥ | nirjagāmāśramāttasmādvivastro'pi bhayākulaḥ

Translation

شکر بھی گوتَم کو دیکھ کر صرف بھاگنے ہی کا ارادہ کرنے لگا۔ خوف سے گھبرا کر وہ اس آشرم سے ننگا ہی باہر نکل گیا۔

Word by Word

• शक्रः: Śakra (Indra)
• शक्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्ता

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), समुच्चय/अपेक्षा

• गौतमम्: Gautama
• गौतमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौतम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म (object) of दृष्ट्वा

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purva-kala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु) + क्त्वा
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund)

• पलायनपरायणः: intent on fleeing
• पलायनपरायणः: Visheshana (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पलायन + परायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण of शक्रः; ‘पलायने परायणः’

• निर्जगाम: went out, departed
• निर्जगाम: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर्-गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• आश्रमात्: from the hermitage
• आश्रमात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; अपादान (source)

• तस्मात्: from there
• तस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; अपादान/निर्देश (from there)

• विवस्त्रः: naked, without clothes
• विवस्त्रः: Visheshana (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-वस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण of शक्रः

• अपि: even
• अपि: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• भयाकुलः: agitated with fear
• भयाकुलः: Visheshana (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भय + आकुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण of शक्रः; ‘भयेन आकुलः’

Speaker

Viśvāmitra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra, panic-stricken and ashamed, bolts from the hermitage, even unclothed, while the austere forest and āśrama stand as silent witnesses.

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Gautama
• Āśrama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma brings fear and loss of dignity; inner guilt manifests as outward disgrace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha; the āśrama itself is portrayed as a sacred space whose purity cannot be violated without consequence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.