Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

निर्गतः सहसा राजन्वेगेनैवानिलो यथा । हाहाकारस्तदा जातो भीष्मकस्य पुरे महान्

Transliteration

nirgataḥ sahasā rājanvegenaivānilo yathā | hāhākārastadā jāto bhīṣmakasya pure mahān

Translation

Wahai Raja, ia berangkat seketika, secepat hembusan angin. Maka di kota Bhīṣmaka timbullah jerit kegemparan yang besar.

Word by Word

• निर्गतः: gone out, emerged
• निर्गतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर्-गम् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, भूतकर्मणि/भूतकालिक), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; √गम् with उपसर्ग ‘निर्’

• सहसा: suddenly
• सहसा: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहसा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (Vocative/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• वेगेन: with speed
• वेगेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

• अनिलः: wind
• अनिलः: Upamana (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• यथा: as, like
• यथा: Upamana-marker (Comparison/उपमानसूचक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमानवाचक (comparative particle)

• हाहाकारः: a loud cry of ‘hā hā’, uproar
• हाहाकारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हाहा-कार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/उपपद-समास: ‘हाहा’ + ‘कार’ (cry)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kala-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• जातः: arose, occurred
• जातः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; √जन्

• भीष्मकस्य: of Bhīṣmaka
• भीष्मकस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भीष्मक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• पुरे: in the city
• पुरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• महान्: great
• महान्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘हाहाकारः’)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) addressing a royal listener within the narration (deduced by vocative 'rājan')

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: rājan (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A swift departure from the city—dust rising, gates flung open, citizens crying out as a hero moves like the wind; palace silhouettes and startled guards.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Bhīṣmaka
• Kuṇḍina

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly upheaval follows divine turning points; the Purāṇa contrasts human panic with the larger unfolding of fate and dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The scene is Bhīṣmaka’s city (Kuṇḍina); the Revā Khaṇḍa context keeps the narrative aligned with sacred travel lore.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.