Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

सुराणां सिंहनादं च सन्नादितदिगंतरम् । जंभो जज्वाल कोपेन संदीप्त इव पावकः

Transliteration

surāṇāṃ siṃhanādaṃ ca sannāditadigaṃtaram | jaṃbho jajvāla kopena saṃdīpta iva pāvakaḥ

Translation

神々の獅子吼が四方の果てまで鳴り響くのを聞くや、ジャンバは怒りに燃え、燃えさかる火のごとく激しく燃え立った。

Word by Word

• surāṇām: of the gods
• surāṇām: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठī)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Genitive plural

• siṃhanādam: lion-roar
• siṃhanādam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siṃhanāda (प्रातिपदिक; siṃha + nāda)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन — Accusative singular

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय — ‘and’

• sannādita-digantaram: resounding through all directions
• sannādita-digantaram: Karman (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sannādita (नि-√nad/√nad + kta, कृदन्त) + digantara (प्रातिपदिक; diś + antara)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन — Accusative singular adjective (compound) qualifying siṃhanādam; ‘having made the quarters resound’

• jaṃbhaḥ: Jambha
• jaṃbhaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jaṃbha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन — Nominative singular (proper name)

• jajvāla: blazed
• jajvāla: Kriyā (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jval (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — ‘blazed’

• kopena: with anger; from wrath
• kopena: Karaṇa/Hetu (Instrument/Cause/करण-हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kopa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन — Instrumental singular

• saṃdīptaḥ: inflamed
• saṃdīptaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-√dīp (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘kindled, inflamed’ (predicate adjective of jaṃbhaḥ)

• iva: like
• iva: Upamāna (Simile marker/उपमान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमानवाचक अव्यय — ‘like/as’

• pāvakaḥ: fire
• pāvakaḥ: Upamāna (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāvaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन — Nominative singular

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The devas unleash a lion-roar that fills all directions; Jambha, hearing it, flares with anger like a suddenly kindled fire—eyes fierce, aura blazing.

Characters & Entities

• Jambha
• Suras (gods)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unchecked anger is depicted as consuming fire—powerful, but destructive and destabilizing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No holy place is mentioned.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.