Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

हाहाकारो महानासील्लोकालोकेऽपि भारत । देवस्य पतिते लिङ्गे जगतश्च महाक्षये

Transliteration

hāhākāro mahānāsīllokāloke'pi bhārata | devasya patite liṅge jagataśca mahākṣaye

Translation

Ô Bhārata, un grand cri de lamentation s’éleva—jusque dans les mondes—lorsque le Liṅga du Seigneur fut tombé et qu’une immense ruine du cosmos menaçait.

Word by Word

• हाहा-कारः: a cry of 'hāhā' (lamentation)
• हाहा-कारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hāhā (अव्यय/नाद) + kāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (हाहा इति कारः)

• महान्: great
• महान्: Karta (Subject-Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (हाहाकारस्य)

• आसीत्: was
• आसीत्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (अस्)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/past); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• लोक-अलोके: in the world and the non-world (everywhere)
• लोक-अलोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक) + aloka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; द्वन्द्व-समास (लोके च अलोके च)

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/समुच्चयार्थक (particle: "also/even")

• भारत: O Bhārata
• भारत: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhārata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• देवस्य: of the god
• देवस्य: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• पतिते: when/with (the liṅga) fallen
• पतिते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: patita (कृदन्त; √pat/पत्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; लिङ्गे इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्

• लिङ्गे: in/when the liṅga
• लिङ्गे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• जगतः: of the world
• जगतः: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction: "and")

• महाक्षये: at the great destruction
• महाक्षये: Adhikarana (Occasion/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (महान् क्षयः)

Speaker

Narrator addressing Bhārata (listener addressed as 'bhārata')

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Liṅga-pāta-sthāna (implied)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Across realms, beings cry out as the Lord’s liṅga has fallen; the sky darkens, the horizon trembles, and the sense of impending dissolution spreads like a wave.

Characters & Entities

• Bhārata
• Deva (Śiva implied)
• Liṅga
• Lokas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The liṅga symbolizes cosmic stability under Śiva; its fall is portrayed as a world-shaking omen, teaching reverence for the divine axis of order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it heightens the mahātmya atmosphere within the Revā Khaṇḍa setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse describes the cosmic reaction and portent.