Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

देवो व्यसर्जयत्सार्पं क्रोधाविष्टेन चेतसा । मारुतं नाशितं बाणैः सर्पैस्तत्र न संशयः

Transliteration

devo vyasarjayatsārpaṃ krodhāviṣṭena cetasā | mārutaṃ nāśitaṃ bāṇaiḥ sarpaistatra na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

ക്രോധാവിഷ്ടമായ മനസ്സോടെ ദേവൻ സാർപ്പാസ്ത്രം പ്രയോഗിച്ചു. ആ സർപ്പസദൃശ ബാണങ്ങളാൽ മാരുതബലം നശിച്ചു—ഇതിൽ സംശയമില്ല.

Word by Word

• devaḥ: the god (Śiva)
• devaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• vyasarjayat: released/let loose
• vyasarjayat: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sṛj (सृज् धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; उपसर्गः वि-

• sārpam: the serpent(-weapon)
• sārpam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sārpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (सार्पम् अस्त्रम्) संक्षेपेण

• krodha-āviṣṭena: possessed by anger
• krodha-āviṣṭena: Karana (Instrumental qualifier/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: krodha + āviṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तृतीया-तत्पुरुषार्थः ‘क्रोधेन आविष्टः’ (possessed by anger); विशेषणम् (cetasā)

• cetasā: with (his) mind
• cetasā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cetas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• mārutam: the wind-weapon
• mārutam: Karta (Subject of passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māruta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (मारुतम् अस्त्रम्) संक्षेपेण

• nāśitam: was destroyed
• nāśitam: Kriya (Result state/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: naś (नश् धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त-भूतकर्मणि (PPP/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• bāṇaiḥ: by arrows
• bāṇaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• sarpaiḥ: by serpents
• sarpaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarpa (प्रातिपदik)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• tatra: there/in that matter
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय

• na: no/not
• na: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• saṃśayaḥ: doubt
• saṃśayaḥ: Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva, eyes intense, releases the Sārpa-astra: arrows become living serpents that coil through the air, constricting and stilling the raging wind currents.

Characters & Entities

• Deva
• Sārpāstra
• Marut/Vāyu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unchecked anger fuels conflict, yet the Purāṇas depict even wrath-driven power as operating within an ordered, intelligible cosmos.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā/Narmadā milieu underlies the chapter; this verse itself does not name a particular tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.