Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

ततस्ते भ्रातरः सर्वे वज्रपातोपमं वचः । श्रुत्वा दृष्ट्वा च तं शस्त्रैः खंडितं जनकं निजम्

Transliteration

tataste bhrātaraḥ sarve vajrapātopamaṃ vacaḥ | śrutvā dṛṣṭvā ca taṃ śastraiḥ khaṃḍitaṃ janakaṃ nijam

Translation

听到这如晴天霹雳般的话语，又看到自己的父亲被武器砍杀，所有的兄弟都受到了巨大的打击。

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Sambandha (Sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्/अनन्तरम् (thereupon/then)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• भ्रातरः: brothers
• भ्रातरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘भ्रातरः’)

• वज्रपातोपमम्: like a thunderbolt
• वज्रपातोपमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वज्रपात + उपम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (vajrapātasya upamam = like a thunderbolt-strike); ‘वचः’ विशेषण

• वचः: words/speech
• वचः: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having heard)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having seen)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (and)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• शस्त्रैः: with weapons
• शस्त्रैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• खण्डितम्: mutilated/cut up
• खण्डितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: खण्ड् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘जनकम्’ विशेषण

• जनकम्: father
• जनकम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• निजम्: their own
• निजम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘जनकम्’)

Speaker

Sūta

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brothers stand before their father’s weapon-mangled body; one reels as if struck by thunder; weapons and blood implied but not gratuitous, emphasizing stunned grief.

Characters & Entities

• brothers
• father (janaka)
• weapons (śastra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When adharma strikes the innocent, it awakens righteous resolve; grief becomes the impetus to defend sacred order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha is specified in this verse; it continues the hermitage episode within the chapter’s sacred narrative frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse depicts the emotional and ethical turning point after witnessing harm.