Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

ततो धूमाकुलेनेत्रे भगवांस्त्रिपु रान्तकः । हस्ताभ्यां छादयामास येऽन्ये तत्र व्यवस्थिताः

Transliteration

tato dhūmākulenetre bhagavāṃstripu rāntakaḥ | hastābhyāṃ chādayāmāsa ye'nye tatra vyavasthitāḥ

Translation

پھر دھوئیں سے آنکھیں بے چین ہو گئیں تو بھگوان تریپورانتک نے اپنے دونوں ہاتھوں سے انہیں ڈھانپ لیا؛ اور وہاں موجود دوسرے لوگوں نے بھی یہی کیا۔

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक)

• धूम-आकुले: in the two (eyes) confused by smoke
• धूम-आकुले: Adhikarana (Locus qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धूम (प्रातिपदिक) + आकुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), द्विवचन; विशेषण (धूमेन आकुले)

• नेत्रे: in (his) two eyes
• नेत्रे: Adhikarana (Locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), द्विवचन

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• त्रिपुरान्तकः: Tripurāntaka (destroyer of Tripura)
• त्रिपुरान्तकः: Karta (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिपुर (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्तक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; शिवनाम

• हस्ताभ्याम्: with (his) two hands
• हस्ताभ्याम्: Karana (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), द्विवचन; करणविभक्ति

• छादयामास: he covered
• छादयामास: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: छाद् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect) परोक्षभूतार्थे, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative stem)

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Relative subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta (Relative clause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Place)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक) = 'there'

• व्यवस्थिताः: were standing; were present
• व्यवस्थिताः: Karta (Predicate of 'others')
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + वि + अव (उपसर्ग)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; 'standing/being present'

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not stated in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Interlocutor in māhātmya frame (not explicit)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva, eyes irritated by smoke, raises both hands to cover them; the assembled participants mirror the gesture amid swirling haze around the altar.

Characters & Entities

• Tripurāntaka (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even in ritual settings, outward obscurations arise; the deeper teaching is to protect and steady perception amid disturbance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not identifiable from this verse alone; the chapter belongs to Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates a moment during the fire-rite when smoke irritates the eyes.