Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

वायुवेगेन देवेन लुञ्जितास्ते समन्ततः । भारं बद्ध्वा तु सर्वेषां बटूनां च नरेश्वर

Transliteration

vāyuvegena devena luñjitāste samantataḥ | bhāraṃ baddhvā tu sarveṣāṃ baṭūnāṃ ca nareśvara

Translation

人の主よ、デーヴァに風の速さで駆り立てられ、彼らは四方から捕らえられた。さらに、すべての少年弟子に荷が結び付けられた。

Word by Word

• वायुवेगेन: by the force of wind
• वायुवेगेन: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु + वेग (प्रातिपदिकौ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘वायोः वेगः’), करणत्वे

• देवेन: by the god
• देवेन: Karta (Agent, instrumental in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• लुञ्जिताः: were snatched away
• लुञ्जिताः: Kriyā (Predicate state)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लुञ्जित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √लुञ्ज्/लुञ्च्)
• Form: भूतकालिक-कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे ‘torn/snatched’

• ते: they
• ते: Karma/Karta (Patient-subject in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• समन्ततः: on all sides/everywhere
• समन्ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• भारम्: a load/burden
• भारम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• बद्ध्वा: having tied
• बद्ध्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: बन्ध् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), ‘having bound/tied’

• तु: and/but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन; ‘of all’ (genitive)

• बटूनाम्: of the boys/brahmacārins
• बटूनाम्: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बटु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• नरेश्वर: O lord of men (king)
• नरेश्वर: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (8), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘नराणाम् ईश्वरः’)

Speaker

Narrative speaker not explicit in excerpt (addressing a king: nareśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nṛpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A deva, like a rushing gale, encircles the fleeing students and seizes them from all sides; each boy is shown with a symbolic burden being bound upon him.

Characters & Entities

• Deva
• Baṭus

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Actions create binding consequences; dharma teaches that responsibility cannot be escaped when one violates a pledge.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting remains within the Revā (Narmadā) sacred narrative world, though this verse emphasizes the dramatic enforcement of conduct.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it describes punitive binding (bhāra-baddha) as part of the story’s vow-related consequence.