Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

रवेणैव मृतं चक्रे सानुगं स्फुटितहृदम् । ततोवन्ती श्मशानस्था महारावानमुंचत

Transliteration

raveṇaiva mṛtaṃ cakre sānugaṃ sphuṭitahṛdam | tatovantī śmaśānasthā mahārāvānamuṃcata

Translation

ಅವಳು ತನ್ನ ಗರ್ಜನೆಯಿಂದಲೇ ಅವನನ್ನು ಅವನ ಅನುಚರರೊಡನೆ ಮರಣಪಡಿಸಿದಳು; ಅವನ ಹೃದಯ ಚೂರುಚೂರಾಯಿತು. ನಂತರ ಶ್ಮಶಾನದಲ್ಲಿ ನಿಂತು ಮಹಾ ಪ್ರತಿಧ್ವನಿಯ ನಾದವನ್ನು ಹೊರಡಿಸಿದಳು।

Word by Word

• रवेण: by (her) roar/sound
• रवेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• एव: indeed/alone
• एव: Visheshana (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis: indeed/only)

• मृतम्: dead
• मृतम्: Karma (Object complement/कर्मपूरक)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मृत (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त from मृ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; ‘dead’ (object-complement with cakre)

• चक्रे: made
• चक्रे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• स-अनुगम्: together with his followers
• स-अनुगम्: Karma (Object qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + अनुग (प्रातिपदिक; अनुग)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अव्ययीभावः ‘सानुगम्’ = ‘अनुगैः सह’ (with followers)

• स्फुटितहृदम्: with a burst heart
• स्फुटितहृदम्: Karma (Object qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्फुटित-हृद (प्रातिपदिक; स्फुटित + हृद/हृदय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषभावः (स्फुटितं हृद् यस्य)

• ततः: thereupon
• ततः: Kala (Sequence/अनन्तर)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/क्रमवाचक (thereupon/from that)

• उवन्ती: Uvantī (name/epithet)
• उवन्ती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उवन्ती (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; नाम (proper name/epithet)

• श्मशानस्था: standing in the cremation-ground
• श्मशानस्था: Karta (Subject qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्मशान-स्था (प्रातिपदिक; श्मशान + स्था)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः/कृदन्त: ‘श्मशाने स्थिता’

• महारावम्: a great roar
• महारावम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा-राव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महान् रावः)

• अमुंचत: released/uttered
• अमुंचत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śmaśāna-sthāna (unnamed)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kālikā kills the enemy and his retinue by roar alone—hearts shattered. She stands in the cremation-ground and releases another mighty cry, shaking the worlds; ash, bones, and spectral ambience surround her.

Characters & Entities

• Kālikā
• Dāruka (implied)
• Followers (anuga)
• Śmaśāna (cremation-ground)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Divine can dissolve evil instantly; the cremation-ground setting also teaches impermanence and the conquest of fear.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha appears; “śmaśāna” is a symbolic sacred space associated with fierce forms of the Goddess.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the imagery supports contemplations on vairāgya (detachment) and protective devotion to the Goddess.