Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 90
Devanagari script
निपेतुः पक्षवातेन सायुधाश्च सवाहनाः । न ज्ञायंते क्व संप्राप्ता वात्यया पार्णतार्णवत्
Transliteration
nipetuḥ pakṣavātena sāyudhāśca savāhanāḥ | na jñāyaṃte kva saṃprāptā vātyayā pārṇatārṇavat
Translation
അവന്റെ ചിറകുകളുടെ കാറ്റിൽ അവർ ആയുധങ്ങളോടെയും വാഹനങ്ങളോടെയും കൂടെ വീണുപോയി. ചുഴലിക്കാറ്റിൽ പറക്കുന്ന ഇലകളെപ്പോലെ അവർ എവിടെ എത്തിപ്പെട്ടുവെന്ന് അറിയാനായില്ല.
Word by Word
nipetuḥfell down
nipetuḥ:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootni + √pat (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद
pakṣavātenaby the wind from (his) wings
pakṣavātena:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootpakṣa + vāta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (पक्षस्य वातः)
sāyudhāḥwith weapons
sāyudhāḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootsa + āyudha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (आयुधैः सह)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)
savāhanāḥwith their mounts/vehicles
savāhanāḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootsa + vāhana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (वाहनैः सह)
nanot
na:
Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्यय
jñāyanteare known/are perceived
jñāyante:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√jñā (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense: are known)
kvawhere
kva:
Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootkva (अव्यय)
Formप्रश्नवाचक-अव्यय (interrogative adverb of place)
saṃprāptāḥhaving reached/arrived
saṃprāptāḥ:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsam + √prāp (धातु) + kta (क्त) → saṃprāpta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; भूतकर्मणि-क्त (past passive participle)
vātyayāby a whirlwind/storm
vātyayā:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootvātyā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन
pārṇatārṇavatlike leaves and straw
pārṇatārṇavat:
Sambandha (Comparison/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpārṇa + tārṇa + vat (प्रातिपदिक)
Formउपमावाचक-अव्यय (simile adverb) ‘-वत्’
Speaker
Narrator (Skanda in Kāśī-khaṇḍa context)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A colossal wing-generated gale hurls armed gods and their mounts through space; figures tumble like leaves in a storm, directionless and untraceable.
Characters & Entities
G
GaruḍaS
Surāḥ (implied)FAQs
Ego and armament cannot stand before overwhelming divine momentum; humility before cosmic power is implied.
No named tīrtha occurs in this verse; it remains within the Kāśī-khaṇḍa narrative arc.
None in this verse.