Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 100

Devanagari script

मनुष्यरहिते देशे विषमे गुल्मसंवृते । लिल्ये शक्रस्तदा सर्वं मेने वृत्रमयं जगत्

Transliteration

manuṣyarahite deśe viṣame gulmasaṃvṛte | lilye śakrastadā sarvaṃ mene vṛtramayaṃ jagat

Translation

انسانوں سے خالی، ناہموار اور جھاڑیوں سے ڈھکے دیس میں شکر (اندرا) دبک کر پڑا رہا؛ اور اس نے سارے جگ کو ورترا سے بھرا ہوا سمجھ لیا۔

Word by Word

• manuṣya-rahite: devoid of humans
• manuṣya-rahite: Adhikaraṇa (Locative qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: manuṣya (प्रातिपदिक) + rahita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (देशे); तत्पुरुषः (मनुष्यैः रहितः)

• deśe: in a place
• deśe: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• viṣame: uneven, difficult
• viṣame: Adhikaraṇa (Locative qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: viṣama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (देशे)

• gulma-saṃvṛte: covered with thickets
• gulma-saṃvṛte: Adhikaraṇa (Locative qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gulma (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃvṛta (√vṛ-धातु, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (देशे); तत्पुरुषः (गुल्मैः संवृतः = covered with thickets)

• lilye: hid, lay concealed
• lilye: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: lī (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (आत्मनेपद), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; 'he hid/lay concealed'

• śakraḥ: Indra
• śakraḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• tadā: then
• tadā: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण)

• sarvam: everything
• sarvam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (जगत्/इदम् सर्वम्)

• mene: thought, considered
• mene: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: man (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (आत्मनेपद), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; 'he thought/considered'

• vṛtra-mayam: full of Vṛtra, made of Vṛtra
• vṛtra-mayam: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vṛtra (प्रातिपदिक) + mayaṭ (मय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (जगत्); तत्पुरुष-भावः (वृत्रमय = consisting of Vṛtra/filled with Vṛtra)

• jagat: the world
• jagat: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

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

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra lies low in a harsh, empty wilderness—thorny scrub and dense thickets closing in—his gaze haunted, imagining Vṛtra everywhere.

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Vṛtra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A disturbed mind projects danger everywhere; dharma requires steadiness of perception, not merely physical victory.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This line describes an unnamed wilderness; the tīrtha is not specified in the snippet.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.