Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

अर्जुनेन नृशंसेन क्षत्रियैरपरैः सह । इहागत्य पिता तेन निहतो बाहुशालिना

Transliteration

arjunena nṛśaṃsena kṣatriyairaparaiḥ saha | ihāgatya pitā tena nihato bāhuśālinā

Translation

Durch den grausamen Arjuna, zusammen mit anderen Kshatriyas, wurde dein Vater hier von jenem mächtigarmigen Krieger getötet.

Word by Word

• अर्जुनेन: by Arjuna
• अर्जुनेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्जुन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन — Masculine, Instrumental (3rd), Singular

• नृशंसेन: cruel
• नृशंसेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नृशंस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Instrumental (3rd), Singular; विशेषण (qualifier)

• क्षत्रियैः: with Kshatriyas
• क्षत्रियैः: Sahakāraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Masculine, Instrumental (3rd), Plural

• अपरैः: other
• अपरैः: Sahakāraka (Association/सह)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Masculine, Instrumental (3rd), Plural; विशेषण

• सह: together with
• सह: Sambandha/Association (सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक-उपपद (postposition) — Indeclinable; ‘with’

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण — Indeclinable adverb of place

• आगत्य: having come
• आगत्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial to main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया — Absolutive (having come)

• पिता: father
• पिता: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Kartr̥ (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Pronoun ‘that/he’, Instrumental (3rd), Singular

• निहतः: was killed
• निहतः: Karman (Object state/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-हन् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय) भूतकर्मणि; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Past passive participle: ‘killed’

• बाहुशालिना: by the strong-armed one
• बाहुशालिना: Kartr̥ (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बाहु + शालिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Instrumental (3rd), Singular; विशेषण (agent-qualifier)

Speaker

Mother of Rāma (Paraśurāma) (implied by continuation from prior verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha

Type: tirtha

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Narādhipa (king) addressed in the frame narrative

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On a somber Narmadā bank, a mother points out the slain father; the atmosphere is heavy with grief, while distant kṣatriya warriors and the looming figure of the mighty-armed killer are implied rather than foregrounded.

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna (Kārtavīrya Arjuna)
• Kṣatriyas
• Rāma (Paraśurāma)
• Father of Rāma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cruelty and abuse of power—especially against the righteous—becomes the seed of inevitable dharmic retribution.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not named in this verse; it remains within the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this line; it is a factual revelation leading to rites and response.