Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

तमोभूतं जगच्चसीद्गृध्रैर्व्याप्तं नभोऽभवत् । ततो नानाप्रहरणं प्रलयांबुदसन्निभम्

Transliteration

tamobhūtaṃ jagaccasīdgṛdhrairvyāptaṃ nabho'bhavat | tato nānāpraharaṇaṃ pralayāṃbudasannibham

Translation

လောကသည် အမှောင်ထုဖြစ်သွား၍ ကောင်းကင်သည် ဂရိဓ္ဓ (လင်းတ) များဖြင့် ပြည့်နှက်လာ၏။ ထို့နောက် အမျိုးမျိုးသော လက်နက်များ၏ ရုန်းရင်းဆန်ခတ်မှုသည် ကာလအဆုံး ပျက်ကွက်ရာ၏ မိုးတိမ်များကဲ့သို့ ပေါ်ထွန်းလာ၏။

Word by Word

• तमोभूतम्: become dark; darkened
• तमोभूतम्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तमस् (प्रातिपदिक) + भूत (कृदन्त/भू-धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कृदन्त: भूत (क्त), ‘तमो-भूत’ = तमसा भूतम् (तत्पुरुष)

• जगत्: the world
• जगत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• असीत्: was; became
• असीत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• गृध्रैः: by vultures
• गृध्रैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृध्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• व्याप्तम्: pervaded; filled
• व्याप्तम्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्याप् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• नभः: the sky
• नभः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नभस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अभवत्: became
• अभवत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ततः: then
• ततः: Desha-Kala (Adverbial/देश-काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, तदर्थे अव्यय (adverb: ‘then/from there’)

• नाना: various
• नाना: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषणार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाना (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverbial prefix sense: ‘various’)

• प्रहरणम्: weaponry; weapons
• प्रहरणम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रहरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• प्रलयाम्बुदसन्निभम्: like the clouds of dissolution
• प्रलयाम्बुदसन्निभम्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रलय (प्रातिपदिक) + अम्बुद (प्रातिपदिक) + सन्निभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समास: (प्रलय-अम्बुद) षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ‘प्रलयस्य अम्बुदः’; ततः ‘प्रलयाम्बुद-सन्निभ’ उपमानतत्पुरुष = प्रलयाम्बुदस्य सन्निभम्

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) [deduced]

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A battlefield under sudden unnatural darkness; the sky thick with circling vultures; below, a chaotic spray of weapons like dense monsoon clouds of dissolution.

Characters & Entities

• Gṛdhra (vultures)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma-driven violence brings ‘pralaya-like’ darkness; the Purāṇa warns that unchecked conflict invites ruin and calls for dharmic restraint under divine guidance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None specified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.