Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

अयोध्यामगमन्मार्गे जामदग्न्यमवेक्ष्य च । संग्रामोऽभूत्तदा राजन्देवानामपि दुःसहः

Transliteration

ayodhyāmagamanmārge jāmadagnyamavekṣya ca | saṃgrāmo'bhūttadā rājandevānāmapi duḥsahaḥ

Translation

അയോധ്യയിലേക്കു പോകുന്ന വഴിയിൽ ജാമദഗ്ന്യനെ (പരശുരാമനെ) കണ്ടപ്പോൾ, ഹേ രാജാവേ, ദേവന്മാർക്കും ദുസ്സഹമായൊരു യുദ്ധം ഉദിച്ചു।

Word by Word

• अयोध्याम्: to Ayodhyā
• अयोध्याम्: Karma (Goal as object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ayodhyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अगमत्: went
• अगमत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु; गम् गतौ)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• मार्गे: on the way
• मार्गे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mārga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• जामदग्न्यम्: Jāmadagnya (Paraśurāma)
• जामदग्न्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jāmadagnya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अवेक्ष्य: having seen
• अवेक्ष्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava-√īkṣ (धातु; ईक्ष् दर्शने)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया

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

• संग्रामः: battle
• संग्रामः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃgrāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अभूत्: arose/occurred
• अभूत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु; भू सत्तायाम्)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक-अव्यय (also/even)

• दुःसहः: hard to endure
• दुःसहः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: duḥsaha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘संग्रामः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa; specific speaker not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: mārga (pilgrimage route)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājan (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A forest-road or open plain: wedding procession halted; Paraśurāma, fierce with axe and ascetic glow, confronts Rāma; tension like a storm; gods imagined watching; weapons radiate.

Characters & Entities

• Ayodhyā
• Rāma
• Jāmadagnya (Paraśurāma)
• the Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even great dharmic figures may clash when pride and power are tested; true strength is proved through restraint and alignment with cosmic order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ayodhyā is mentioned as the destination, but the verse does not present tīrtha-māhātmya or pilgrimage merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates a confrontation (saṃgrāma) rather than a ritual.