Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

क्रोधेन पश्यते यावत्तावद्धुंकारकोऽभवत् । तेन हुङ्कारशब्देन ऋषयो विस्मितास्तदा

Transliteration

krodhena paśyate yāvattāvaddhuṃkārako'bhavat | tena huṅkāraśabdena ṛṣayo vismitāstadā

Translation

കോപത്തോടെ നോക്കിക്കൊണ്ടിരിക്കെ അവൻ ഭീകരമായ ‘ഹുംകാര’ം ഉച്ചരിക്കുന്നവനായി; ആ ‘ഹുംകാര’ ശബ്ദത്തിൽ അന്ന് ഋഷിമാർ വിസ്മയിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• क्रोधेन: with anger / out of anger
• क्रोधेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रोध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण (instrument/cause)

• पश्यते: looks/sees
• पश्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• यावत्: as long as
• यावत्: Sambandha (Temporal/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/अवधिवाचक अव्यय (as long as)

• तावत्: so long/then
• तावत्: Sambandha (Temporal/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: तावदर्थक अव्यय (so long/then)

• धुंकारकः: a maker of 'dhum' sound / one who roars
• धुंकारकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धुंकारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्ता (of अभवत्)

• अभवत्: became
• अभवत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तेन: by that
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण (by that)

• हुंकार-शब्देन: by the sound of huṃkāra
• हुंकार-शब्देन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हुंकार (प्रातिपदिक) + शब्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (हुंकारस्य शब्दः); पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण

• ऋषयः: sages
• ऋषयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; कर्ता (of विस्मिताः)

• विस्मिताः: astonished
• विस्मिताः: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + √स्मि (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle used predicatively), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; कर्तरि—'were astonished'

• तदा: then
• तदा: Sambandha (Temporal/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (then)

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Māṇḍavya-āśrama vicinity (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: ṛṣis / tīrtha-śrotṛs

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The ascetic’s face hardens; from him bursts a fierce ‘huṅ’—visible as rippling energy—while sages recoil in astonishment, hands raised, eyes widened.

Characters & Entities

• Ṛṣis
• Nārāyaṇa (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Inner states like anger can manifest as powerful energies; therefore mastery and restraint are vital for the spiritually potent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No; this is a narrative moment within the Revākhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal prescription; it references a powerful utterance (huṅkāra) associated with spiritual force.