Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

हाहाकारो महानासील्लोकालोकेऽपि भारत । देवस्य पतिते लिङ्गे जगतश्च महाक्षये

Transliteration

hāhākāro mahānāsīllokāloke'pi bhārata | devasya patite liṅge jagataśca mahākṣaye

Translation

Wahai Bhārata, ketika liṅga Sang Dewa telah jatuh dan kebinasaan besar alam semesta seakan mengancam, ratapan yang dahsyat pun bangkit—bahkan merentasi segala loka.

Word by Word

• हाहा-कारः: a cry of 'hāhā' (lamentation)
• हाहा-कारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hāhā (अव्यय/नाद) + kāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (हाहा इति कारः)

• महान्: great
• महान्: Karta (Subject-Qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (हाहाकारस्य)

• आसीत्: was
• आसीत्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (अस्)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/past); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• लोक-अलोके: in the world and the non-world (everywhere)
• लोक-अलोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक) + aloka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; द्वन्द्व-समास (लोके च अलोके च)

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/समुच्चयार्थक (particle: "also/even")

• भारत: O Bhārata
• भारत: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhārata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• देवस्य: of the god
• देवस्य: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• पतिते: when/with (the liṅga) fallen
• पतिते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: patita (कृदन्त; √pat/पत्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; लिङ्गे इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्

• लिङ्गे: in/when the liṅga
• लिङ्गे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• जगतः: of the world
• जगतः: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction: "and")

• महाक्षये: at the great destruction
• महाक्षये: Adhikarana (Occasion/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (महान् क्षयः)

Speaker

Narrator addressing Bhārata (listener addressed as 'bhārata')

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Liṅga-pāta-sthāna (implied)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Across realms, beings cry out as the Lord’s liṅga has fallen; the sky darkens, the horizon trembles, and the sense of impending dissolution spreads like a wave.

Characters & Entities

• Bhārata
• Deva (Śiva implied)
• Liṅga
• Lokas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The liṅga symbolizes cosmic stability under Śiva; its fall is portrayed as a world-shaking omen, teaching reverence for the divine axis of order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it heightens the mahātmya atmosphere within the Revā Khaṇḍa setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse describes the cosmic reaction and portent.