Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

गोमायुर्गृध्रमध्ये तु कपोतैः सममाविशत् । विना वातेन तस्यैव ध्वजदण्डः पपात ह

Transliteration

gomāyurgṛdhramadhye tu kapotaiḥ samamāviśat | vinā vātena tasyaiva dhvajadaṇḍaḥ papāta ha

Translation

ມີຫມາປ່າ (ໂກມາຍູ) ເຂົ້າໄປປະປົນກາງຝູງນົກແຮ້ງ ພ້ອມກັບນົກພິລາບ; ແລະແມ່ນແຕ່ບໍ່ມີລົມ ເສົາທຸງນັ້ນກໍລົ້ມລົງ।

Word by Word

• गोमायुः: a jackal
• गोमायुः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोमायु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• गृध्रमध्ये: in the midst of vultures
• गृध्रमध्ये: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृध्र + मध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (गृध्राणां मध्ये); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (वाक्यसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण/विरोधसूचक निपात (particle)

• कपोतैः: with pigeons
• कपोतैः: Sahakāraka (सह/सहयोग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपोत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• समम्: together/equally
• समम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• आविशत्: entered/came in
• आविशत्: Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + विश् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; उपसर्ग: आ

• विना: without
• विना: Apādāna (अपादान/वियोग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विना (अव्यय)
• Form: उपपद-अव्यय (preposition)

• वातेन: wind
• वातेन: Apādāna (अपादान/वियोग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; विना-योगे तृतीया

• तस्य: of that/its
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (वाक्यसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण निपात (particle)

• ध्वजदण्डः: flagstaff
• ध्वजदण्डः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ध्वज + दण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (ध्वजस्य दण्डः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• पपात: fell
• पपात: Kriyā (मुख्यक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• ह: indeed (emphatic)
• ह: Sambandha (वाक्यसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (अव्यय)
• Form: स्मरण/पादपूरणार्थक निपात (expletive particle)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Āvantya Khaṇḍa narration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A surreal omen tableau: jackal among vultures with pigeons; a tall flagstaff collapses though the air is still—citizens look on in dread.

Characters & Entities

• Utpāta (omens)
• Dhvaja (banner)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In Puranic dharma, the collapse of pride and unrighteous power is foreshadowed by ‘unnatural’ signs that warn of imminent downfall.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it presents omens within the Revā Khaṇḍa storyline.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse lists inauspicious signs rather than rites.