Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

भ्रातुर्वधकृतं वैरं स्मरमाणस्ततः परम् । तद्वधार्थं समायातो राक्षसैर्बहुभिर्वृतः

Transliteration

bhrāturvadhakṛtaṃ vairaṃ smaramāṇastataḥ param | tadvadhārthaṃ samāyāto rākṣasairbahubhirvṛtaḥ

Translation

Nhớ lại mối thâm thù do cái chết của anh trai mình, hắn đã đến để giết ông ta, được bao quanh bởi rất nhiều Rākṣasa.

Word by Word

• भ्रातुः: of (his) brother
• भ्रातुः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• वध: killing
• वध: सम्बन्ध (member of compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (stem in compound), एकवचन (Singular)

• कृतम्: done/made
• कृतम्: सम्बन्ध (member of compound)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nominative/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); समासाङ्ग (in compound)

• वैरम्: enmity/hostility
• वैरम्: कर्म (Object of स्मरमाणः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); समासः भ्रातुः-वध-कृत-वैर (enmity caused by brother's killing)

• स्मरमाणः: remembering
• स्मरमाणः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु) + शतृ (वर्तमान कृदन्त)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमान कृदन्त (present active participle), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• ततः: thereafter/from that
• ततः: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय/तद्-तसिल्)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (from that/thereafter)

• परम्: further/next
• परम्: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-प्रयोग (adverbial accusative), क्रमवाचक (further/next)

• तत्: of him/that
• तत्: सम्बन्ध (member of compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th) एकवचन-सम्बन्ध (in compound: 'of him/that')

• वध: killing
• वध: सम्बन्ध (member of compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), समासाङ्ग (in compound)

• अर्थम्: for the purpose
• अर्थम्: प्रयोजन (Purpose)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); समासः तद्-वध-अर्थ (for the purpose of killing him)

• समायातः: came/arrived
• समायातः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+आ+या (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle used finitely), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• राक्षसैः: by demons
• राक्षसैः: करण (Instrument/agent in passive sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• बहुभिः: many
• बहुभिः: विशेषण (Adjectival to राक्षसैः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण (qualifier of राक्षसैः)

• वृतः: surrounded
• वृतः: कर्ता (Subject; predicate participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Sūta (implied)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vengeful rākṣasa, mind fixed on his slain elder brother, advances with a retinue of rākṣasas—dust rising, weapons glinting, the king’s solitude contrasted against the approaching swarm.

Characters & Entities

• rākṣasa
• bhrātṛ (brother)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unresolved violence breeds vaira and perpetuates retaliation; Purāṇic narratives warn against the self-renewing cycle of enmity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.