Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

पुनरागत्य वर्षेह्नि ध्वस्तं मधुवनं किल । सप्तम्यां प्रत्यभिज्ञानदानं सर्वनिवेदनम्

Transliteration

punarāgatya varṣehni dhvastaṃ madhuvanaṃ kila | saptamyāṃ pratyabhijñānadānaṃ sarvanivedanam

Translation

വീണ്ടും എത്തിയപ്പോൾ, മഴയുള്ള ദിനത്തിൽ, മധുവനമെന്നോണം നശിപ്പിക്കപ്പെട്ടു. സപ്തമിയിൽ തിരിച്ചറിയൽചിഹ്നം നൽകി സമസ്ത വാർത്തയും സമർപ്പിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• पुनरागत्य: having returned again
• पुनरागत्य: Sambandha (Prior action/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punar (अव्यय) + √gam (धातु) + ल्यप् (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त-अव्ययम्—ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त (gerund/absolutive); क्रियाविशेषणम्

• वर्षेह्नि: on a rainy day
• वर्षेह्नि: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varṣa + ahan (प्रातिपदिक); varṣa-ahan (समास-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (varṣe ahani = 'on a rainy day')

• ध्वस्तम्: destroyed
• ध्वस्तम्: Karma (Object-Qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √dhvaṃs (धातु) + ta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्तः; नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (madhuvanam)

• मधुवनम्: the Madhu-grove
• मधुवनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: madhu + vana (प्रातिपदिक); madhuvana (समास-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; समासः—कर्मधारयः (madhuṃ yatra/ madhu-sadṛśaṃ vanaṃ)

• किल: indeed/it is said
• किल: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kila (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; निपातः (particle; emphasis/reportative)

• सप्तम्याम्: on the seventh (tithi)
• सप्तम्याम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saptamī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; तिथिवाचकः

• प्रत्यभिज्ञानदानम्: giving of recognition/token
• प्रत्यभिज्ञानदानम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pratyabhijñāna + dāna (प्रातिपदिक); pratyabhijñāna-dāna (समास-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (pratyabhijñānasya dānam)

• सर्वनिवेदनम्: full disclosure/reporting of everything
• सर्वनिवेदनम्: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva + nivedana (प्रातिपदिक); sarva-nivedana (समास-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (sarvasya nivedanam)

Speaker

Purāṇic narrator (contextual; likely Sūta-style narration within Brahmakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Madhuvana (Kiṣkindhā-associated grove)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After returning, the vānaras exuberantly ravage Madhuvana; later, on Saptamī, Hanumān presents the recognition-token and delivers the full account to the leaders.

Characters & Entities

• Madhuvana
• Hanumān (implied)
• Rāma (implied via reporting/recognition token)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Mission success is sealed by truthful reporting and clear signs of authenticity; dharma values reliable testimony and accountable speech.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Madhuvana is mentioned as a notable grove in the narrative, but it is not presented here as a tīrtha with explicit phalaśruti.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse notes saptamī as a time-marker and emphasizes pratyabhijñāna (recognition token) and nivedana (report).