Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

दंष्ट्राशनिविस्पृष्टाश्च विशीर्यन्ते महाद्रुमाः । उत्पातैश्च दिशो व्याप्ता घोररूपैः समन्ततः

Transliteration

daṃṣṭrāśanivispṛṣṭāśca viśīryante mahādrumāḥ | utpātaiśca diśo vyāptā ghorarūpaiḥ samantataḥ

Translation

Heridos por colmillos terribles y por rayos, los grandes árboles se hicieron pedazos; y todas las direcciones quedaron colmadas por doquier de portentos espantosos.

Word by Word

• दंष्ट्रा-शनि-विस्पृष्टाः: struck by the thunderbolt-like tusks
• दंष्ट्रा-शनि-विस्पृष्टाः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दंष्ट्रा (प्रातिपदिक) + शनि (प्रातिपदिक) + विस्पृष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; वि + स्पृश् धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (P.P.P.: struck/touched)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• विशीर्यन्ते: are shattered; fall apart
• विशीर्यन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + शीॄ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपदम्; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः (are shattered)

• महा-द्रुमाः: great trees
• महा-द्रुमाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + द्रुम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (महान्तः द्रुमाः)

• उत्पातैः: by portents/calamities
• उत्पातैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्पात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• दिशः: the directions
• दिशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• व्याप्ताः: were filled/pervaded
• व्याप्ताः: Kriya (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + आप् (धातु) → व्याप्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (P.P.P.: pervaded/filled)

• घोर-रूपैः: with dreadful forms
• घोर-रूपैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: घोर (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (घोराणि रूपाणि)

• समन्ततः: on all sides
• समन्ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: on all sides)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (narration; implied from immediate context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Lightning-like fangs and thunderbolts strike; massive trees split and fall; the horizon in every direction is crowded with ominous apparitions—dark clouds, meteors, unnatural animal cries, and eerie lights.

Characters & Entities

• Thunderbolt (Aśani)
• Utpāta (portents)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When dharma wanes, nature mirrors disorder through ominous signs—prompting humans to seek righteous conduct and spiritual refuge.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named; the verse describes universal portents rather than a localized māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it is a depiction of ominous phenomena.