Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

ततः प्राप्तो जगन्नाथो हिमवन्तं नगेश्वरम् । पाञ्चजन्यश्वसहसा पूरितः पुरसन्निधौ

Transliteration

tataḥ prāpto jagannātho himavantaṃ nageśvaram | pāñcajanyaśvasahasā pūritaḥ purasannidhau

Translation

Darauf gelangte Jagannātha zum Himavant, dem Herrn der Berge; und in unmittelbarer Nähe der Stadt ertönte plötzlich mit voller Kraft das Muschelhorn Pāñcajanya.

Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = indeclinable adverb; अर्थे: तस्मात्/तदनन्तरम् (thereafter/from there)

• प्राप्तः: arrived
• प्राप्तः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु) → प्राप्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे ‘having arrived/arrived’

• जगन्नाथः: Lord of the world
• जगन्नाथः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् + नाथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (जगतः नाथः)

• हिमवन्तम्: Himavat (the Himalaya)
• हिमवन्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिमवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• नगेश्वरम्: lord of mountains
• नगेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नग + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (नगानाम् ईश्वरः)

• पाञ्चजन्य: Pāñcajanya (name of conch)
• पाञ्चजन्य: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाञ्चजन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक; समासे विशेषणरूपेण (as qualifier)

• अश्व: horse
• अश्व: —
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिक; समासे पूर्वपद (in compound)

• सहसा: suddenly
• सहसा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहसा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = adverb; ‘suddenly/forcibly/at once’

• पूरितः: was filled
• पूरितः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूर् (धातु) → पूरित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘filled’ (passive sense)

• पुरसन्निधौ: in the vicinity of the city
• पुरसन्निधौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुर + सन्निधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पुरस्य सन्निधिः)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Āvantya Khaṇḍa narration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Jagannātha (Vishnu/Krishna) arrives at the snowy Himavant; in the foreground a city’s ramparts/streets; the Pāñcajanya conch is blown, its sound visualized as rippling golden-white waves across sky and peaks.

Characters & Entities

• Jagannātha
• Himavant
• Pāñcajanya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The conch-sound signifies the public proclamation of dharma: divine presence announces protection for the righteous and challenge to adharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Himavant (the Himālaya) is invoked as ‘lord of mountains’; the verse is more narrative than tīrtha-phala praise.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it depicts the sounding of the conch as a martial-divine signal.