Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

हरकोपाग्निनिर्दग्धाः क्रन्दन्ते त्रिपुरे जनाः । प्रदीप्तं सर्वतो दिक्षु दह्यते त्रिपुरं परम्

Transliteration

harakopāgninirdagdhāḥ krandante tripure janāḥ | pradīptaṃ sarvato dikṣu dahyate tripuraṃ param

Translation

Disalai oleh api kemurkaan Hara (Śiva), penduduk Tripura merintih menangis; menyala dari segala arah di setiap penjuru, kota agung Tripura pun terbakar.

Word by Word

• hara-kopa-agni-nirdagdhāḥ: burnt by the fire of Hara’s anger
• hara-kopa-agni-nirdagdhāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hara + kopa + agni + nirdagdha (कृदन्त; niḥ-√dah)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुषसमास (determinative: ‘burnt by the fire of Hara’s wrath’); भूतकृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण

• krandante: cry out, wail
• krandante: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √krand (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural)

• tripure: in Tripura
• tripure: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tripura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• janāḥ: people
• janāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• pradīptam: kindled, blazing
• pradīptam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra-√dīp (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण

• sarvataḥ: on all sides
• sarvataḥ: Adhikarana (Scope/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sarvataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सर्वदिक्/सर्वतः (adverb: from all sides)

• dikṣu: in the directions
• dikṣu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: diś (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• dahyate: is being burnt
• dahyate: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dah (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• tripuram: Tripura
• tripuram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tripura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

• param: supreme, great
• param: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced: Āvantya-khaṇḍa narrative style)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Tripura fully engulfed; people wail amid collapsing structures; the sky glows; an unseen divine presence is felt—Hara’s kopa as a cosmic force.

Characters & Entities

• Hara (Śiva)
• Tripura
• People of Tripura

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s power is protective for devotees and purifying against entrenched adharma; divine wrath here signifies the restoration of cosmic balance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative is embedded in the Revā-khaṇḍa (Narmadā sacred region), while this verse centers on the mythic city of Tripura.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.