Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

गर्जयित्वा महानादं ततो विप्रमपातयत् । आत्मानं पातितं ज्ञात्वा वृषेण परमेष्ठिना

Transliteration

garjayitvā mahānādaṃ tato vipramapātayat | ātmānaṃ pātitaṃ jñātvā vṛṣeṇa parameṣṭhinā

Translation

Nachdem er mit gewaltigem Dröhnen gebrüllt hatte, schlug er den Brahmanen nieder. Als er erkannte, dass er selbst vom Stier—von Parameṣṭhin—zu Fall gebracht worden war,

Word by Word

• गर्जयित्वा: having roared
• गर्जयित्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गर्ज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकाल (prior action)

• महानादम्: a great roar
• महानादम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महानाद (प्रातिपदिक: महा + नाद)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (महान् नादः)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/क्रमवाचक (then/thereafter)

• विप्रम्: the brāhmaṇa/sage
• विप्रम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• अपातयत्: caused to fall / struck down
• अपातयत्: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: लङ् (imperfect/past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिजन्त (causative)

• आत्मानम्: himself
• आत्मानम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• पातितम्: fallen / made to fall
• पातितम्: Karma (Object complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पत् (धातु) + णिच् → पातित (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृत (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (आत्मानम्)

• ज्ञात्वा: having known/realized
• ज्ञात्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकाल

• वृषेण: by the bull (Vṛṣa)
• वृषेण: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन

• परमेष्ठिना: by the Supreme Lord (Parameṣṭhin)
• परमेष्ठिना: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परमेष्ठिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dramatic moment: a mighty roar, a brāhmaṇa struck down; the realization dawns that the fall is caused by the Bull of Parameṣṭhin—cosmic justice embodied.

Characters & Entities

• Vipra (brāhmaṇa)
• Vṛṣa (bull-form)
• Parameṣṭhin (epithet)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Power can overturn pride; the narrative warns that unseen divinity may be at work behind startling reversals.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The larger episode remains set in the Revā (Narmadā) sphere, the central tīrtha-landscape of this section.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.