Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

ततस्ते कोपसंयुक्ताः शक्राद्दृष्ट्वा पराभवम् । निवृत्य स्वाश्रमं गत्वा चक्रुर्मंत्रं सनिश्चयम्

Transliteration

tataste kopasaṃyuktāḥ śakrāddṛṣṭvā parābhavam | nivṛtya svāśramaṃ gatvā cakrurmaṃtraṃ saniścayam

Translation

تب شکر کی طرف سے ہوئی بے ادبی دیکھ کر وہ غضب سے بھر گئے؛ پلٹ کر اپنے آشرم گئے اور پختہ عزم کے ساتھ منتر کی رسم ادا کی۔

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Sambandha/Adverbial
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): ‘then’

• te: they
• te: Karta (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• kopasaṃyuktāḥ: filled with anger
• kopasaṃyuktāḥ: Karta (qualifier of te)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kopa (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃyukta (yuj (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: समास: कोप-संयुक्त (तत्पुरुष: ‘joined with anger’); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• śakrāt: from Śakra (Indra)
• śakrāt: Apādāna (source/from)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन; अपादान

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु) + क्त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund): ‘having seen’

• parābhavam: defeat, humiliation
• parābhavam: Karma (object of dṛṣṭvā)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parābhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• nivṛtya: having returned
• nivṛtya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-vṛt (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यपन्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund): ‘having returned/turned back’

• svāśramam: to their own hermitage
• svāśramam: Karma (goal as object with gatvā)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + āśrama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: स्व-आश्रम (कर्मधारय: ‘one’s own hermitage’); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• gatvā: having gone
• gatvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु) + क्त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund): ‘having gone’

• cakruḥ: they performed/made
• cakruḥ: Kriyā (main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; ‘they did/made’

• mantram: a mantra
• mantram: Karma (object of cakruḥ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mantra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• saniścayam: with firm resolve
• saniścayam: Prakāra (manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sa (सह/सम्-प्रातिपदिक) + niścaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverbial usage): ‘with determination/firmly’; (सह + द्वितीया-प्रयोगवत्)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa style narration within Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The ascetics, faces stern with indignation, turn away from the ford and return to their forest hermitage; there they sit in a ritual circle, beginning a determined mantra-rite.

Characters & Entities

• Vālakhilyas
• Śakra (Indra)
• Āśrama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Disrespect toward ascetics invites consequences; mantra and tapas are portrayed as moral forces guarding dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned; the setting shifts to the sages’ āśrama.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A mantra-prayoga (mantra rite) undertaken with firm resolve; details of the mantra are not given in this verse.