Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 121

Devanagari script

एवं मया प्रतिज्ञाय कोपाविष्टेन सूतज । गृहीतो लगुडः स्थूलो वधार्थं पवनाशिनाम्

Transliteration

evaṃ mayā pratijñāya kopāviṣṭena sūtaja | gṛhīto laguḍaḥ sthūlo vadhārthaṃ pavanāśinām

Translation

یوں میں نے قسم کھائی، اے سوت کے بیٹے؛ اور غضب میں بھر کر میں نے ایک بھاری گدا اٹھا لیا، ہوا خور (سانپوں) کو مار ڈالنے کے ارادے سے۔

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of manner)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• प्रतिज्ञाय: having vowed / having promised
• प्रतिज्ञाय: Sambandha (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र + ति + ज्ञा (धातु) + ल्यप् (प्रत्यय)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• कोप-आविष्टेन: by one possessed by anger
• कोप-आविष्टेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कोप (प्रातिपदिक) + आविष्ट (आ + विश् धातु + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; समासः—कोपेन आविष्टः (तृतीया-तत्पुरुष)

• सूतज: O son of the charioteer (Sūta)
• सूतज: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूत (प्रातिपदिक) + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; समासः—सूतस्य जः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• गृहीतः: was taken / seized
• गृहीतः: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle) प्रयुक्तः क्रियापदवत्; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• लगुडः: a club
• लगुडः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लगुड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• स्थूलः: thick, heavy
• स्थूलः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्थूल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; लगुडः इति विशेषणम्

• वध-अर्थम्: for killing
• वध-अर्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वध (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थे (अर्थम् = for the sake of)

• पवन-आशिनाम्: of the wind-eaters (snakes)
• पवन-आशिनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पवन (प्रातिपदिक) + आशिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; समासः—पवनम् आश्नन्ति ये (उपपद-तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Unspecified first-person speaker addressing Sūtaja (a ‘son of Sūta’); broader frame likely Sūta narration in Nāgara-khaṇḍa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sūtaja (son of a charioteer)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Addressing ‘sūtaja’ (son of a charioteer), the speaker recounts: ‘Having vowed thus, possessed by anger, I seized a thick club to kill the air-devouring serpents.’ The club is lifted; the face is flushed with wrath.

Characters & Entities

• Sūtaja

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It shows how anger can seize a person even after a formal vow—setting up later reflection on consequences and dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named in this verse; it is part of a larger tīrtha-related chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed; the verse narrates the taking up of a weapon after a vow.