Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

गतश्चादर्शनं सद्यः सर्वेषां क्षितिवासिनाम् । चित्ते कोपं समाधाय शक्रस्योपरि भूरिशः

Transliteration

gataścādarśanaṃ sadyaḥ sarveṣāṃ kṣitivāsinām | citte kopaṃ samādhāya śakrasyopari bhūriśaḥ

Translation

Và lập tức ông biến mất khỏi tầm mắt của mọi kẻ cư ngụ trên mặt đất. Ôm giữ cơn phẫn nộ trong lòng, bậc hùng lực ấy hướng giận dữ về phía Śakra (Indra).

Word by Word

• गतः: went/has gone
• गतः: Karta (Predicate adjective of subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘gone’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• अदर्शनम्: to invisibility/out of sight
• अदर्शनम्: Gati/Karma (Goal as object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; गत्यर्थे (to invisibility)

• सद्यः: immediately
• सद्यः: Kāla (Temporal adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सद्यः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (immediately)

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक (सामान्य), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• क्षितिवासिनाम्: of the inhabitants of the earth
• क्षितिवासिनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive dependent on अदर्शनम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षिति + वासिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (क्षिति-वासिन् = ‘earth-dweller’); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन

• चित्ते: in (his) mind
• चित्ते: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• कोपम्: anger
• कोपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• समाधाय: having placed/harbored
• समाधाय: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-धा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), अव्ययभावः; धातु: धा (to place) उपसर्ग: सम्+आ

• शक्रस्य: of Śakra (Indra)
• शक्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• उपरि: upon/against
• उपरि: Adhikaraṇa/Pratiyogin (on/upon)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उपरि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्ग/क्रियाविशेषण (preposition/adverb)

• भूरिशः: Bhūriśa (name/epithet)
• भूरिशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूरिश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; विशेष-नाम/उपाधि

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A powerful figure disappears from the gaze of earth-dwellers; in the next beat, his unseen presence is felt as stormy energy aimed upward toward Indra’s realm.

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unchecked anger obscures clarity and leads beings—even the mighty—into conflict; dharma favors restraint and right intention.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse belongs to the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya setting in Adhyāya 90; the immediate shloka itself does not name a specific tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None is stated in this verse.