Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 140

Devanagari script

रावणो ब्रह्मपुत्रो यस्त्रैलोक्यं यस्य शङ्कते । हतः स रामचन्द्रेण सपुत्रः सहबान्धवः

Transliteration

rāvaṇo brahmaputro yastrailokyaṃ yasya śaṅkate | hataḥ sa rāmacandreṇa saputraḥ sahabāndhavaḥ

Translation

ബ്രഹ്മപുത്രൻ എന്നു ഖ്യാതനായ രാവണനെ ഭയന്ന് ത്രിലോകവും വിറച്ചിരുന്നു; അവൻ രാമചന്ദ്രനാൽ പുത്രന്മാരും ബന്ധുക്കളും സഹിതം വധിക്കപ്പെട്ടു।

Word by Word

• रावणः: Rāvaṇa
• रावणः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रावण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• ब्रह्मपुत्रः: son of Brahmā
• ब्रह्मपुत्रः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृ-समानााधिकरण/Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• त्रैलोक्यम्: the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्यम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक

• शङ्कते: fears, is afraid
• शङ्कते: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शङ्क् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• हतः: was slain
• हतः: Kriyā (क्रिया; passive predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु) → हत (कृदन्त/क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता; of passive construction as patient-subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• रामचन्द्रेण: by Rāmacandra
• रामचन्द्रेण: Karana (करण/Instrument; agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रामचन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास, पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• सपुत्रः: together with (his) sons
• सपुत्रः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (उपसर्ग/सह-अर्थक) + पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि (possessive: 'having sons'), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; रावणविशेषण

• सहबान्धवः: along with (his) relatives
• सहबान्धवः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सह (अव्यय) + बान्धव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास (adverbial: 'together with kinsmen'), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; रावणविशेषण

Speaker

Narrator within Revā-khaṇḍa (deductive; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāmacandra stands poised with bow, the fallen Rāvaṇa with his retinue defeated; the three worlds symbolically relieved—gods witnessing from the sky.

Characters & Entities

• Rāvaṇa
• Brahmā
• Trailokya
• Rāmacandra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the mightiest, feared across the worlds, falls before dharma upheld by the righteous; divine justice prevails.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a laudatory narrative statement.