Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

एवमुक्तो महादेवो व्यधुनोत्पक्षपञ्जरम् । तावत्पञ्जरमध्यान्ते तस्य पक्षाद्विनिःसृताः

Transliteration

evamukto mahādevo vyadhunotpakṣapañjaram | tāvatpañjaramadhyānte tasya pakṣādviniḥsṛtāḥ

Translation

Ainsi interpellé, Mahādeva secoua la cage de ses ailes. À l’instant même, du cœur de cette cage, ils jaillirent, sortant de ses ailes.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: thus)

• उक्तः: having been spoken to
• उक्तः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘having been addressed/said to’

• महादेवः: Mahādeva
• महादेवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• व्यधुनोत्: shook
• व्यधुनोत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + धुन् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पक्ष-पञ्जरम्: the cage/enclosure of (his) wings
• पक्ष-पञ्जरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + पञ्जर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (पक्षाणां पञ्जरम्)

• तावत्: then/at that time
• तावत्: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तावत् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; तावदर्थे (until/then)

• पञ्जर-मध्य-अन्ते: within the middle/end of the cage
• पञ्जर-मध्य-अन्ते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्जर (प्रातिपदिक) + मध्य (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (पञ्जरस्य मध्यस्य अन्ते = at the inner end/middle-end)

• तस्य: of him/its
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• पक्षात्: from the wing
• पक्षात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• विनिःसृताः: came forth/emerged
• विनिःसृताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + निः + सृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘having come out’

Speaker

Narrator (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva, still in peacock-form, shakes a ‘cage of wings’; from within, luminous forms begin to burst forth like sparks becoming deities and demon-kings, signaling the restart of cosmic order.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Creation unfolds by the will of Mahādeva; even cosmic beings emerge when Śiva sets the order in motion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Indirectly the Revā/Narmadā sacred narrative setting; the verse supports the Reva Khanda’s tīrtha-mahātmya framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is mythic-cosmogonic description rather than a ritual injunction.