Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 68
Devanagari script
सुराणां सिंहनादं च सन्नादितदिगंतरम् । जंभो जज्वाल कोपेन संदीप्त इव पावकः
Transliteration
surāṇāṃ siṃhanādaṃ ca sannāditadigaṃtaram | jaṃbho jajvāla kopena saṃdīpta iva pāvakaḥ
Translation
Als er den Löwenruf der Götter hörte, der bis in die Fernen der Himmelsrichtungen dröhnte, entbrannte Jambha vor Zorn wie ein aufflackerndes Feuer.
Word by Word
surāṇāmof the gods
surāṇām:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठī)
TypeNoun
Rootsura (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Genitive plural
siṃhanādamlion-roar
siṃhanādam:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsiṃhanāda (प्रातिपदिक; siṃha + nāda)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन — Accusative singular
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय — ‘and’
sannādita-digantaramresounding through all directions
sannādita-digantaram:
Karman (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsannādita (नि-√nad/√nad + kta, कृदन्त) + digantara (प्रातिपदिक; diś + antara)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन — Accusative singular adjective (compound) qualifying siṃhanādam; ‘having made the quarters resound’
jaṃbhaḥJambha
jaṃbhaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootjaṃbha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन — Nominative singular (proper name)
jajvālablazed
jajvāla:
Kriyā (Main action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√jval (धातु)
Formलिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — ‘blazed’
kopenawith anger; from wrath
kopena:
Karaṇa/Hetu (Instrument/Cause/करण-हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootkopa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन — Instrumental singular
saṃdīptaḥinflamed
saṃdīptaḥ:
Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsam-√dīp (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘kindled, inflamed’ (predicate adjective of jaṃbhaḥ)
ivalike
iva:
Upamāna (Simile marker/उपमान)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiva (अव्यय)
Formउपमानवाचक अव्यय — ‘like/as’
pāvakaḥfire
pāvakaḥ:
Upamāna (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
TypeNoun
Rootpāvaka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन — Nominative singular
Speaker
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages
Visual Art Cues
Scene: The devas unleash a lion-roar that fills all directions; Jambha, hearing it, flares with anger like a suddenly kindled fire—eyes fierce, aura blazing.
Characters & Entities
J
JambhaS
Suras (gods)FAQs
Unchecked anger is depicted as consuming fire—powerful, but destructive and destabilizing.
No holy place is mentioned.
None.