Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 92

Devanagari script

अथ तत्कदनं दृष्ट्वा अंधकः क्रोधमूर्छितः । भर्त्सयामास ताः सर्वा योगिनीः समरोद्यताः

Transliteration

atha tatkadanaṃ dṛṣṭvā aṃdhakaḥ krodhamūrchitaḥ | bhartsayāmāsa tāḥ sarvā yoginīḥ samarodyatāḥ

Translation

Thấy cảnh tàn sát ấy, Andhaka lại bị cơn thịnh nộ che lấp, liền mắng nhiếc tất cả các Yoginī đang đứng sẵn sàng giao chiến.

Word by Word

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha/Modifier (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (discourse particle)

• tat-kadanam: that carnage
• tat-kadanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + kadana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास ('that slaughter/that carnage'), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), 'having seen'

• aṃdhakaḥ: Andhaka
• aṃdhakaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṃdhaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• krodha-mūrchitaḥ: overcome by anger
• krodha-mūrchitaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: krodha (प्रातिपदिक) + mūrchita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √mūrch)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास ('overcome by anger'), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• bhartsayāmāsa: rebuked/abused
• bhartsayāmāsa: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bharts (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); णिच्-प्रयोग (causative stem bhartsaya-)

• tāḥ: them
• tāḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• sarvāḥ: all
• sarvāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• yoginīḥ: Yoginīs
• yoginīḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yoginī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• samara-udyatāḥ: ready for battle
• samara-udyatāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: samara (प्रातिपदिक) + udyata (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; ud-√yam)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास ('ready for battle'), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice within the Tīrthamāhātmya frame; specific speaker not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Andhaka, seeing the carnage, rages and insults the Yoginīs who stand poised for battle—tense standoff before renewed combat.

Characters & Entities

• Andhaka
• Yoginīs

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When ego meets sacred power (śakti), mere insult and rage cannot prevail; inner discipline is superior to aggression.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is within a Tīrthamāhātmya chapter, but the excerpt alone does not name the site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.