Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

कृतवन्तौ वने तत्र बहुवृक्षक्षयावहम्

Transliteration

kṛtavantau vane tatra bahuvṛkṣakṣayāvaham

Translation

તે વનમાં તે બંનેએ એવો ભયંકર વિનાશ કર્યો કે અનેક વૃક્ષોનો ક્ષય થયો.

Word by Word

• कृतवन्तौ: the two (having) done / did
• कृतवन्तौ: Kartā (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + क्तवत् (भूतकृदन्त)
• Form: क्तवत्-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past active participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन (dual)

• वने: in the forest
• वने: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Locative singular)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Deśa-kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Place adverb/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb: “there”)

• बहुवृक्षक्षयावहम्: bringing destruction of many trees
• बहुवृक्षक्षयावहम्: Karma/Phala (Result object/predicate complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक) + वृक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षय (प्रातिपदिक) + आवह (आ + वह् धातु से निष्पन्न प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; 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

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even personal enmity can damage the wider world; dharma asks that one’s actions not become destructive to the environment and community.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this half-verse; it remains within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.