Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 61
Devanagari script
कृतवन्तौ वने तत्र बहुवृक्षक्षयावहम्
Transliteration
kṛtavantau vane tatra bahuvṛkṣakṣayāvaham
Translation
Là, dans cette forêt, tous deux causèrent une vaste destruction, abattant quantité d’arbres.
Word by Word
कृतवन्तौthe two (having) done / did
कृतवन्तौ:
Kartā (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु) + क्तवत् (भूतकृदन्त)
Formक्तवत्-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past active participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन (dual)
वनेin the forest
वने:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootवन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Locative singular)
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Deśa-kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Place adverb/देश)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb: “there”)
बहुवृक्षक्षयावहम्bringing destruction of many trees
बहुवृक्षक्षयावहम्:
Karma/Phala (Result object/predicate complement)
TypeAdjective
Rootबहु (प्रातिपदिक) + वृक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षय (प्रातिपदिक) + आवह (आ + वह् धातु से निष्पन्न प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया/प्रथमा, एकवचन (contextually predicate adjective); तत्पुरुषः (बहूनां वृक्षाणां क्षयम् आवहति इति)
Speaker
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not stated in snippet)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A forest battlefield strewn with broken trunks and torn branches; two combatants amid a swath of felled trees, dust and leaves swirling.
FAQs
Even personal enmity can damage the wider world; dharma asks that one’s actions not become destructive to the environment and community.
Not specified in this half-verse; it remains within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya frame.
None.