Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

कूष्माण्डस्य च धूम्रस्य कुहकस्य बकस्य च । विरूपनयनस्यापि विरूपाक्षस्य चैव हि

Transliteration

kūṣmāṇḍasya ca dhūmrasya kuhakasya bakasya ca | virūpanayanasyāpi virūpākṣasya caiva hi

Translation

„(Das Feuer loderte) in den Häusern von Kūṣmāṇḍa und Dhūmra, von Kuhaka und Baka, und ebenso bei Virūpa-nayana und wahrlich auch bei Virūpākṣa.“

Word by Word

• kūṣmāṇḍasya: of Kūṣmāṇḍa
• kūṣmāṇḍasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kūṣmāṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• dhūmrasya: of Dhūmra
• dhūmrasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhūmra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• kuhakasya: of Kuhaka
• kuhakasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuhaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• bakasya: of Baka
• bakasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: baka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• virūpa-nayanasya: of Virūpanayana (one with deformed eyes)
• virūpa-nayanasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: virūpa + nayana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (विरूपे नयने यस्य)

• api: also
• api: Samuccaya (Addition/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कारक अव्यय (also, even)

• virūpākṣasya: of Virūpākṣa
• virūpākṣasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: virūpa + akṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (विरूपे अक्षिणी यस्य)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणबोधक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• hi: indeed, for
• hi: Nipāta (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis/causal nuance)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa continuing the Revā Khaṇḍa narration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A panoramic sweep across a town: flames leap from one house to another; each doorway bears a name-plaque (Kūṣmāṇḍa, Dhūmra, Kuhaka, Baka, Virūpanayana, Virūpākṣa), while smoke columns rise like dark banners.

Characters & Entities

• Kūṣmāṇḍa
• Dhūmra
• Kuhaka
• Baka
• Virūpanayana
• Virūpākṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Power and pride among adharma-aligned beings are shown as fragile; divine or fated retribution can reach even the mighty.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader frame is the Revā (Narmadā) region in the Revā Khaṇḍa, though this particular verse functions as narrative listing rather than direct tīrtha-praise.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it is a catalogue of named beings within the episode.