Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

हरकोपाग्निनिर्दग्धाः क्रन्दन्ते त्रिपुरे जनाः । प्रदीप्तं सर्वतो दिक्षु दह्यते त्रिपुरं परम्

Transliteration

harakopāgninirdagdhāḥ krandante tripure janāḥ | pradīptaṃ sarvato dikṣu dahyate tripuraṃ param

Translation

Brûlés par le feu de la colère de Hara, les gens de Tripura gémissaient. Embrasée de toutes parts, en toutes directions, la grande Tripura se consumait.

Word by Word

• hara-kopa-agni-nirdagdhāḥ: burnt by the fire of Hara’s anger
• hara-kopa-agni-nirdagdhāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hara + kopa + agni + nirdagdha (कृदन्त; niḥ-√dah)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुषसमास (determinative: ‘burnt by the fire of Hara’s wrath’); भूतकृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण

• krandante: cry out, wail
• krandante: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √krand (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural)

• tripure: in Tripura
• tripure: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tripura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• janāḥ: people
• janāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• pradīptam: kindled, blazing
• pradīptam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra-√dīp (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण

• sarvataḥ: on all sides
• sarvataḥ: Adhikarana (Scope/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sarvataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सर्वदिक्/सर्वतः (adverb: from all sides)

• dikṣu: in the directions
• dikṣu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: diś (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• dahyate: is being burnt
• dahyate: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dah (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• tripuram: Tripura
• tripuram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tripura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

• param: supreme, great
• param: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced: Āvantya-khaṇḍa narrative style)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Tripura fully engulfed; people wail amid collapsing structures; the sky glows; an unseen divine presence is felt—Hara’s kopa as a cosmic force.

Characters & Entities

• Hara (Śiva)
• Tripura
• People of Tripura

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s power is protective for devotees and purifying against entrenched adharma; divine wrath here signifies the restoration of cosmic balance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative is embedded in the Revā-khaṇḍa (Narmadā sacred region), while this verse centers on the mythic city of Tripura.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.