Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

जातैश्चटचटाशब्दैः पतद्भिर्गिरिसानुभिः । तत्र रौद्रोत्सवे जाता रुद्रानन्दविवर्धिनी

Transliteration

jātaiścaṭacaṭāśabdaiḥ patadbhirgirisānubhiḥ | tatra raudrotsave jātā rudrānandavivardhinī

Translation

Au milieu des crépitements «caṭa-caṭa» et des flancs de montagne s’effondrant dans leur chute, s’éleva là la fête de Raudra, celle qui accroissait la joie de Rudra.

Word by Word

• जातैः: with arisen/produced
• जातैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकाले क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP); पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• चटचटाशब्दैः: with ‘chaṭa-chaṭa’ sounds
• चटचटाशब्दैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चटचटा-शब्द (प्रातिपदिक; चटचटा + शब्द)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (चटचटा इति शब्दाः)

• पतद्भिः: by falling
• पतद्भिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पत् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले परस्मैपद-शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• गिरिसानुभिः: with mountain-peaks/slopes
• गिरिसानुभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरि-सानु (प्रातिपदिक; गिरि + सानु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: गिरेः सानूनि)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• रौद्रोत्सवे: in the fierce festival
• रौद्रोत्सवे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रौद्र-उत्सव (प्रातिपदिक; रौद्र + उत्सव)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (रौद्रः उत्सवः)

• जाता: arose/was born
• जाता: Kriya (Predicate complement/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकाले क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (PPP); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण

• रुद्रानन्दविवर्धिनी: (she) who increases Rudra’s joy
• रुद्रानन्दविवर्धिनी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र-आनन्द-विवर्धिनी (प्रातिपदिक; रुद्र + आनन्द + विवर्धिनी)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (रुद्रस्य आनन्दं विवर्धयति इति)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Mountain flanks crumble with ‘caṭa-caṭa’ crackles; amid the chaos appears a personified Raudrotsava—feminine or śakti-like presence—radiant and fierce, amplifying Rudra’s joy; sparks and rockfalls frame the scene.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Raudra-utsava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It frames destruction as part of divine order—Raudra is not chaos alone, but a sacred power within Śiva’s cosmic function.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is not a tīrtha-glorification; it sits within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s sacred landscape narration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse poetically characterizes the Raudra manifestation.