Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

श्रीभगवानुवाच । पुत्र त्वं शिखरं गत्वा धूनयस्व बलेन च

Transliteration

śrībhagavānuvāca | putra tvaṃ śikharaṃ gatvā dhūnayasva balena ca

Translation

ശ്രീഭഗവാൻ അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു—പുത്രാ, നീ ശിഖരത്തിലേക്കു ചെന്നു നിന്റെ ബലത്തോടെ അതിനെ കുലുക്കുക.

Word by Word

• śrībhagavān: the Blessed Lord
• śrībhagavān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrī-bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक; समास: śrī + bhagavat)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• putra: O son
• putra: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन, एकवचन

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन

• śikharam: peak / summit
• śikharam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śikhara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• gatvā: having gone
• gatvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund)

• dhūnayasva: shake
• dhūnayasva: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dhū (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्; णिच्-प्रयोगः (causative sense: 'make shake')

• balena: with (your) strength
• balena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha-bodhaka (Connector/सम्बन्धबोधक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Śrī Bhagavān (Viṣṇu, by context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śikhara (unnamed peak)

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Andhaka

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Lord instructs Andhaka to go to a towering peak and shake it; the mountain looms, clouds swirl, trees bend, hinting at impending cosmic reaction.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Andhaka
• Kailāsa (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even powerful beings can be drawn into actions that provoke consequences; strength without discernment leads to ruin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kailāsa is referenced as Śiva’s sacred mountain-abode (a supremely revered sacred geography).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative command within the mythic episode.