Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 11
Devanagari script
न तत्र दृश्यते सूर्यो न काष्ठा न च चन्द्रमाः । पादपाश्च न दृश्यन्ते गिरिशृङ्गाणि सर्वतः
Transliteration
na tatra dṛśyate sūryo na kāṣṭhā na ca candramāḥ | pādapāśca na dṛśyante giriśṛṅgāṇi sarvataḥ
Translation
Dort sah man weder die Sonne noch die Himmelsrichtungen, nicht einmal den Mond. Weder Bäume noch Berggipfel waren ringsum zu erkennen.
Word by Word
nanot
na:
Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)
tatrathere
tatra:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatra (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)
dṛśyateis seen/appears
dṛśyate:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootdṛś (दृश् धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)
sūryaḥthe sun
sūryaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsūrya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
nanot
na:
Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्यय
kāṣṭhāḥdirections/quarters
kāṣṭhāḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkāṣṭhā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन
nanot
na:
Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्यय
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)
candramāḥthe moon
candramāḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootcandramas (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
pādapāḥtrees
pādapāḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpādapa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)
nanot
na:
Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्यय
dṛśyanteare seen/appear
dṛśyante:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootdṛś (दृश् धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)
giriśṛṅgāṇimountain peaks
giriśṛṅgāṇi:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootgiri-śṛṅga (प्रातिपदिक; गिरि + शृङ्ग)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (mountain-peaks)
sarvataḥon all sides
sarvataḥ:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootsarvatas (अव्यय)
Formपरितः/सर्वदिक्-अर्थक-अव्यय (adverb: on all sides)
Speaker
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator, unspecified in snippet)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A king and retinue in near-total darkness; no sun or moon; silhouettes of ravines; the world’s directions erased by thick gloom.
Characters & Entities
S
SūryaC
CandramāK
Kāṣṭhā (directions)FAQs
When the world’s markers disappear, reliance shifts inward—Purāṇic scenes often prepare for revelation or moral turning.
No tīrtha is directly identified in this verse.
None.