Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

कपिसैन्यं समालोक्य विद्रुतं पवनात्मजः । धूम्राक्षमाजघानाशु शरेण रणमूर्धनि

Transliteration

kapisainyaṃ samālokya vidrutaṃ pavanātmajaḥ | dhūmrākṣamājaghānāśu śareṇa raṇamūrdhani

Translation

Voyant l’armée des singes dispersée, le Fils du Vent (Hanumān) frappa aussitôt Dhūmrākṣa d’une flèche au plus fort de la bataille.

Word by Word

• kapisainyam: the monkey-army
• kapisainyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kapi + sainya (कपि + सैन्य; प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (कपीनां सैन्यम्); नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्

• samālokya: having seen
• samālokya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-lok (सम्+आ+लोक्-धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund), ‘having looked at/seen’

• vidrutam: scattered, fleeing
• vidrutam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-drut (वि+द्रुत; द्रु-धातु से क्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; ‘fled/scattered’ (kapisainyam इति विशेषणम्)

• pavanātmajaḥ: son of the Wind (Hanumān)
• pavanātmajaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pavana + ātmaja (पवन + आत्मज; प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (पवनस्य आत्मजः); पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• dhūmrākṣam: Dhūmrākṣa
• dhūmrākṣam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhūmrākṣa (धूम्राक्ष-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्

• ājaghāna: struck, slew
• ājaghāna: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-han (आ+हन्-धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकारः (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्

• āśu: quickly
• āśu: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: āśu (आशु)
• Form: अव्ययम्; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• śareṇa: with an arrow
• śareṇa: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śara (शर-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया, एकवचनम्

• raṇamūrdhani: at the battle-front
• raṇamūrdhani: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: raṇa + mūrdhan (रण + मूर्धन्; प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (रणस्य मूर्धनि = ‘at the forefront of battle’); पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी, एकवचनम्

Speaker

Narrator (Setukhaṇḍa frame; speaker not explicit in this snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu (Rāma-setu) region (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Hanumān, seeing the vanara host scattered, surges to the front and strikes Dhūmrākṣa decisively with an arrow amid the peak of combat.

Characters & Entities

• Hanumān (Pavanātmaja)
• Dhūmrākṣa
• Vānaras

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The protector of dharma acts decisively to restore courage and order when allies falter.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setukṣetra/Rāmeśvara is the narrative setting of Setukhaṇḍa, though not explicitly named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.