Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

कोपाविष्टेन रामेण द्रावितो दशकंधरः । विभीषणोपदेशेन हनुमद्युद्धमेव च

Transliteration

kopāviṣṭena rāmeṇa drāvito daśakaṃdharaḥ | vibhīṣaṇopadeśena hanumadyuddhameva ca

Translation

കോപാവിഷ്ടനായ രാമൻ ദശകന്ധരൻ (രാവണൻ)നെ പിന്മാറ്റി; വിഭീഷണന്റെ ഉപദേശപ്രകാരം ഹനുമാന്റെ യുദ്ധവും നടന്നു.

Word by Word

• कोप-आविष्टेन: by (one) possessed by anger
• कोप-आविष्टेन: Karana (Instrumental cause/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कोप (प्रातिपदिक) + आविष्ट (कृदन्त; आ + विश् धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (कोपेन आविष्टः)

• रामेण: by Rāma
• रामेण: Karana (Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• द्रावितः: was driven away
• द्रावितः: Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: द्रु (धातु)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past passive participle, -त); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे कर्तृ-करणेन सह

• दशकन्धरः: the ten-necked one (Rāvaṇa)
• दशकन्धरः: Karma (Patient/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दश (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + कन्धर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—यस्य दश कन्धराः सः (रावणः)

• विभीषण-उपदेशेन: by Vibhīṣaṇa's counsel
• विभीषण-उपदेशेन: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभीषण (प्रातिपदिक) + उपदेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (विभीषणस्य उपदेशः)

• हनुमत्-युद्धम्: Hanumān's battle
• हनुमत्-युद्धम्: Karta (Coordinated topic/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हनुमत् (प्रातिपदिक) + युद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (हनुमतः युद्धम्)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Avyaya (Emphasis/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक (only/indeed)

• च: and
• च: Avyaya (Conjunction/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (and)

Speaker

Unnamed Purāṇic narrator (contextual narrator within Brāhma Khaṇḍa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma, eyes blazing with controlled fury, forces Rāvaṇa to retreat; Vibhīṣaṇa stands near Rāma offering strategic counsel; Hanumān launches into combat, leaping amid rākṣasa ranks.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Daśakaṇdhara (Rāvaṇa)
• Vibhīṣaṇa
• Hanumān

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Righteous power guided by wise counsel becomes unstoppable; devotion and strategic dharma work together.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned; the verse emphasizes dharma-yuddha themes within the Purāṇic Ramāyaṇa frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is narrative and ethical rather than ritual.