Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

जमदग्निसुतो रामो भूत्वा शस्त्रभृतां वरः । क्षत्रियान् पृथिवीपालानवधीद्धैहयादिकान्

Transliteration

jamadagnisuto rāmo bhūtvā śastrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ | kṣatriyān pṛthivīpālānavadhīddhaihayādikān

Translation

Rāma, fils de Jamadagni—devenu le plus éminent des porteurs d’armes—abattit les kṣatriyas, souverains de la terre, tels les Haihayas et autres.

Word by Word

• जमदग्निसुतः: son of Jamadagni
• जमदग्निसुतः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जमदग्नि-सुत (प्रातिपदिक); घटकाः: जमदग्नि + सुत
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; English: masculine nominative singular

• रामः: Rāma (Paraśurāma)
• रामः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: भू-धातोः त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्तः (क्त्वान्त/gerund); English: absolutive “having become”

• शस्त्रभृताम्: of weapon-bearers
• शस्त्रभृताम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शस्त्र-भृत् (प्रातिपदिक); घटकाः: शस्त्र + भृत्
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; English: masculine genitive plural

• वरः: the best
• वरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विधेय (predicate nominative)

• क्षत्रियान्: Kṣatriyas
• क्षत्रियान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• पृथिवीपालान्: earth-rulers (kings)
• पृथिवीपालान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी-पाल (प्रातिपदिक); घटकाः: पृथिवी + पाल
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; क्षत्रियान् इति कर्मपदस्य विशेष्य/विशेषणभावः

• अवधीत्: killed
• अवधीत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वध् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकारः (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; उपसर्गः: अ- (augment) + अव-; English: imperfect, 3rd person singular, active

• हैहयादिकान्: beginning with the Haihayas, etc.
• हैहयादिकान्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हैहय-आदि (प्रातिपदिक); घटकाः: हैहय + आदि
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; ‘क्षत्रियान्/पृथिवीपालान्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्; English: masculine accusative plural adjective

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced: Āvantya Khaṇḍa narration style)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata (addressed in surrounding context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Paraśurāma, fierce yet ascetic, bearing the paraśu (axe) and bow, confronting armored Haihaya kings; battlefield framed by hermitage motifs—kuśa grass, yajña implements—signaling dharmic cause.

Characters & Entities

• Paraśurāma
• Jamadagni
• Kṣatriyas
• Haihayas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Power without dharma invites correction; divine justice can arise to restrain oppressive rulership and reset moral order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is directly praised in this verse; it is part of a sequence of avatāra exemplars within the Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None is specified here.