Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

कुबेरस्य मनःशल्यं शंसतीव पराभवम् । अपविद्धगतो वायुर्भग्नशाख इव द्रुमः

Transliteration

kuberasya manaḥśalyaṃ śaṃsatīva parābhavam | apaviddhagato vāyurbhagnaśākha iva drumaḥ

Translation

Kuberas innerer Stachel scheint die Niederlage zu verkünden; und Vāyu, aus seiner Bahn geworfen, gleicht einem Baum mit gebrochenen Ästen.

Word by Word

• कुबेरस्य: of Kubera
• कुबेरस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुबेर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• मनःशल्यम्: a thorn in the mind, mental anguish
• मनःशल्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् (प्रातिपदिक) + शल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मनसः शल्यम्)

• शंसति: proclaims, indicates
• शंसति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √शंस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• इव: as if
• इव: Sambandha (Simile marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमानवाचक-अव्यय (particle of comparison)

• पराभवम्: defeat, humiliation
• पराभवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पराभव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• अपविद्धगतः: driven away and gone astray
• अपविद्धगतः: Visheshana (Adjective of वायुः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपविद्ध (कृदन्त, √व्यध्/√विध् with अप) + गत (कृदन्त, √गम्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (अपविद्धः च सः गतः च) qualifying वायुः

• वायुः: wind
• वायुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• भग्नशाखः: with broken branches
• भग्नशाखः: Visheshana (Adjective of द्रुमः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भग्न (कृदन्त, √भञ्ज्) + शाखा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (भग्नाः शाखाः यस्य) qualifying द्रुमः

• इव: like
• इव: Sambandha (Simile marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमानवाचक-अव्यय

• द्रुमः: tree
• द्रुमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्रुम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

Speaker

Brahmā (continuing)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) region context

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kubera sits with downcast eyes, hand near chest as if pierced by a thorn of worry; Vāyu is shown as a dynamic figure halted mid-flight, or as a gust bending a tree whose branches are broken—symbolizing his ‘cast down’ course.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Kubera
• Vāyu
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When cosmic harmony is disturbed, even guardians of wealth and wind show imbalance—dharma sustains all functions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.