Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

अनावृष्टिहते लोके संशुष्के स्थावरे चरे । भिन्ने युगादिकलने हाहाभूते विचेतने

Transliteration

anāvṛṣṭihate loke saṃśuṣke sthāvare care | bhinne yugādikalane hāhābhūte vicetane

Translation

Tatkala dunia ditimpa kemarau—tatkala makhluk yang bergerak dan yang tidak bergerak menjadi kering—tatkala hitungan yuga dan seumpamanya menjadi kacau, dan semua jatuh dalam ratapan serta kebingungan…

Word by Word

• अनावृष्टि-हते: in (a world) struck by drought
• अनावृष्टि-हते: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनावृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक) + हत (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्ताधारित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; लोक इति विशेष्ये सप्तमी; तत्पुरुषः—‘अनावृष्ट्या हतः’

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• संशुष्के: completely dried up
• संशुष्के: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संशुष्क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; लोके इति विशेषणम्

• स्थावरे: among the immobile beings
• स्थावरे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थावर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्वन्द्व-समुच्चयार्थे ‘स्थावरे (च) चरे’—स्थावर-चरयोः

• चरे: among the moving beings
• चरे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; स्थावरे इति सह समाहार/समुच्चय

• भिन्ने: disrupted, broken
• भिन्ने: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भिन्न (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्ताधारित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (लोके) इति विशेषणम्—‘split/disrupted’

• युग-आदि-कलने: in the calculation of yugas and the like
• युग-आदि-कलने: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक) + कलन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘युगादीनां कलने’ (in the reckoning of yugas etc.)

• हाहा-भूते: turned into lamentation (‘hāhā’)
• हाहा-भूते: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हाहा (अव्यय/उद्गार) + भूत (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्ताधारित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—‘हाहा-शब्दयुक्तं भूतम्’ (turned into ‘hāhā’ lamentation)

• विचेतने: senseless, unconscious
• विचेतने: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विचेतन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; लोके इति विशेषणम्—‘senseless, unconscious’

Speaker

Narrator (within Revā Khaṇḍa dialogue; speaker not explicit in this snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā (implicit as contrast)

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cracked, sun-scorched landscape with withered trees and exhausted animals; people cry out in confusion; above, a fractured celestial clock/wheel symbolizes disrupted yuga reckoning; in the distance, a faint ribbon of river hints at remaining refuge.

Characters & Entities

• Kali Yuga context
• World (loka) under drought

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇas frame ecological and social collapse (drought, confusion) as yuga-symptoms, urging seekers toward dhārmic refuges and restoration.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Implicitly the Revā–Narmadā tīrtha as the contrast to a drought-stricken world (explicit mention resumes in surrounding verses).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None stated; the verse is descriptive of calamity conditions.