Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

इतश्चेतश्च ते सर्वे भ्रमित्वा काननं नृप । एकीभूत्वा महात्मानो व्याजह्रुश्च रुषा गिरम्

Transliteration

itaścetaśca te sarve bhramitvā kānanaṃ nṛpa | ekībhūtvā mahātmāno vyājahruśca ruṣā giram

Translation

ໂອ ພຣະຣາຊາ, ພວກເຂົາທັງໝົດພາກັນພະເນຈອນໄປມາໃນປ່າ ແລ້ວບັນດາມະຫາອາດມານັ້ນຈຶ່ງຮວມກັນ ແລະເວົ້າຖ້ອຍຄຳດ້ວຍໂທສະ

Word by Word

• इतश्: from here, this way
• इतश्: Kriya-Visheshana (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इतस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देश (from here/this side)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• इतश्: from there, that way
• इतश्: Kriya-Visheshana (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इतस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देश (from there/that side)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (ते)

• भ्रमित्वा: having wandered
• भ्रमित्वा: Kriya (Adverbial action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भ्रम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• काननम्: the forest
• काननम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कानन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; भ्रमित्वा इत्यस्य कर्म

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

• एकीभूत्वा: having united/become one
• एकीभूत्वा: Kriya (Adverbial action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: एकीभू (धातु, नामधातु from एक)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• महात्मानः: great-souled ones
• महात्मानः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ते सर्वे इत्यस्य विशेषण/अपपद-सम्बन्ध

• व्याजह्रुः: they uttered/spoke out
• व्याजह्रुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-हृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्ष/परिपूर्ण भूत), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग: वि-आ-

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• रुषा: with anger
• रुषा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुष् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन; साधन/भाव (with anger)

• गिरम्: speech, words
• गिरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिर् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; व्याजह्रुः इत्यस्य कर्म

Speaker

Narrator addressing a King (listener: nṛpa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-vanāntara tīrthas (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (nṛpa) explicitly addressed

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of ascetics roam through dense woods, then converge in a clearing, forming a tight circle; their brows knit, hands gesturing as angry words are exchanged.

Characters & Entities

• King
• Brāhmaṇas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Collective emotion can intensify wrongdoing; the narrative cautions that anger, when shared and affirmed, becomes a powerful driver of adharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific site is named in the verse; it remains within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s sacred-geography framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative transition into their declaration.