Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

अस्य भूतस्य रौद्रस्य शुक्रसृष्टस्य तत्क्षणात् । एक एवात्र निर्दिष्ट उपायो देवसंक्षयः

Transliteration

asya bhūtasya raudrasya śukrasṛṣṭasya tatkṣaṇāt | eka evātra nirdiṣṭa upāyo devasaṃkṣayaḥ

Translation

Đối với linh thể hung nộ này, do Śukra tạo ra trong khoảnh khắc, tại đây chỉ nêu ra một kế duy nhất—kế sẽ đưa đến sự diệt vong của chư thiên.

Word by Word

• अस्य: of this
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• भूतस्य: of the being/ghost
• भूतस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūta (प्रातिपदिक; √bhū (धातु) से निष्पन्न)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• रौद्रस्य: fierce, terrible
• रौद्रस्य: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: raudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• शुक्रसृष्टस्य: created by semen
• शुक्रसृष्टस्य: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śukra + sṛṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक; sṛṣṭa = √sṛj (धातु) क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative)

• तत्क्षणात्: immediately, at that moment
• तत्क्षणात्: Adhikarana (Time locus/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tat + kṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्यय (adverbial), अर्थे: 'तत्क्षणे' (immediately)

• एकः: one
• एकः: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• एव: only, indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अव्यय; अवधारणार्थ (emphasis/only)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• निर्दिष्टः: indicated, prescribed
• निर्दिष्टः: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nirdiṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक; √diś (धातु) क्त-प्रत्यय, उपसर्ग: nir-)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• उपायः: means, remedy
• उपायः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: upāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• देवसंक्षयः: destruction of the gods
• देवसंक्षयः: Samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate nominative/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva + saṃkṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (devasya saṃkṣayaḥ)

Speaker

Deductive: Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to sages (speaker not explicit in snippet).

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dark, wrathful spirit suddenly manifested by Śukra; sages/daityas propose a single ominous remedy implying the gods’ destruction; the atmosphere is tense, with stormy skies and ritual-fire glow.

Characters & Entities

• Śukra (Śukrācārya)
• Deva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Power guided by hostile intent seeks catastrophic shortcuts; dharma warns against means that aim at cosmic imbalance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not identifiable from this verse alone; it remains within the Nāgara-khaṇḍa Tīrtha-māhātmya context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse describes a strategic proposal within the narrative.