Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

रामचन्द्रेण पौलस्त्यो हतः संख्ये महाबलः । वनं भग्नं हताः शूराः प्रभञ्जनसुतेन च

Transliteration

rāmacandreṇa paulastyo hataḥ saṃkhye mahābalaḥ | vanaṃ bhagnaṃ hatāḥ śūrāḥ prabhañjanasutena ca

Translation

മഹാബലനായ പൗലസ്ത്യൻ (രാവണൻ) യുദ്ധത്തിൽ രാമചന്ദ്രനാൽ വധിക്കപ്പെട്ടു. വനം തകർന്നു; പ്രഭഞ്ജനസുതൻ (ഹനുമാൻ) ശൂരന്മാരെയും വീഴ്ത്തി.

Word by Word

• रामचन्द्रेण: by Rāmacandra
• रामचन्द्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रामचन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः

• पौलस्त्यः: the Paulastya (Rāvaṇa)
• पौलस्त्यः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पौलस्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (रावणः)

• हतः: slain
• हतः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• संख्ये: in battle
• संख्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संख्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘समरे’

• महाबलः: mighty/very strong
• महाबलः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा + बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महान् बलः यस्य) विशेषणम् (पौलस्त्यस्य)

• वनम्: forest/grove
• वनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अत्र कर्मरूपे (object)

• भग्नम्: broken/destroyed
• भग्नम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भञ्ज् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; (वनम्) भग्नम्

• हताः: slain
• हताः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; (शूराः) हताः

• शूराः: heroes/warriors
• शूराः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• प्रभञ्जनसुतेन: by the son of Prabhañjana (Hanumān)
• प्रभञ्जनसुतेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभञ्जन + सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (प्रभञ्जनस्य सुतः)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय

Speaker

Narrator (speaker not explicit in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-khaṇḍa (context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rāvaṇa (immediate) / frame audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dramatic battlefield: Rāma stands poised with bow after felling Rāvaṇa; nearby Hanumān (son of Prabhañjana/Vāyu) tears through a grove/pleasure-garden, scattering and striking rākṣasa heroes; broken trees and banners fill the scene.

Characters & Entities

• Rāmacandra
• Rāvaṇa (Paulastya)
• Hanumān (Prabhañjanasuta)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma, however powerful, is ultimately destroyed by dharmic leadership and devoted service (sevā) embodied by Hanumān.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it continues the epic narration within the Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a battle-summary verse.