Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

तेन ते किंकराः सर्वे यमेन सह भारत । हुङ्कारेण गताः सर्वे मेघा वातहता यथा

Transliteration

tena te kiṃkarāḥ sarve yamena saha bhārata | huṅkāreṇa gatāḥ sarve meghā vātahatā yathā

Translation

Par ce huṅkāra, ô Bhārata, tous ces serviteurs—avec Yama—furent repoussés, tels des nuages chassés par le vent.

Word by Word

• तेन: by that (by him/it)
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-रूपम् (instrumental singular of 'tad')

• ते: of you/your
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-रूपम् (genitive singular of 'you')

• किंकराः: servants, attendants
• किंकराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying 'kiṃkarāḥ')

• यमेन: with Yama
• यमेन: Sahartha (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/सह-करण), एकवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahartha (Accompaniment marker/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्गसदृशं सहार्थक-अव्ययम् (indeclinable expressing accompaniment)

• भारत: O Bhārata
• भारत: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन

• हुङ्कारेण: by a roar/shout (huṅkāra)
• हुङ्कारेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हुङ्कार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• गताः: went away, vanished
• गताः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) + गत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत्/विधेय-रूपेण (predicate participle: 'having gone/vanished')

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (re-emphasizing 'all')

• मेघाः: clouds
• मेघाः: Upamana (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; उपमान-वाक्ये (in simile clause)

• वातहताः: struck by wind, wind-driven
• वातहताः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वात + हत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (वातेन हताः); भूतकृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying 'meghāḥ')

• यथा: as, like
• यथा: Upamana (Simile marker/उपमा-सूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमान-प्रदर्शक-अव्ययम् (indeclinable of comparison: 'as/like')

Speaker

Narrator (addressing 'Bhārata'; contextual Purāṇic narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kohanasve (name explained in following verse)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata / king-address (rājeन्द्र in nearby verses)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A thunderous huṅkāra radiates from a Śaiva presence; Yama and his dark attendants recoil and scatter like monsoon clouds torn by wind over a river-ford landscape.

Characters & Entities

• Yama
• Kiṃkaras
• Śiva (implied by huṅkāra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine power effortlessly dispels forces of fear and bondage when one takes refuge in Śiva.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The dispersal of Yama’s party is part of the origin-story of Kohanasve Tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription; the verse supports faith in Śiva’s protective grace at the sacred site.