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

ତାଙ୍କ ପକ୍ଷବାତରେ ସେମାନେ ଅସ୍ତ୍ର-ଶସ୍ତ୍ରଧାରୀ ଓ ବାହନାରୂଢ଼ ଅବସ୍ଥାରେ ହିଁ ପଡ଼ିଗଲେ। ବାତ୍ୟାରେ ଉଡୁଥିବା ପତ୍ର ପରି ସେମାନେ କେଉଁଠି ପହଞ୍ଚିଲେ—ତାହା ମଧ୍ୟ ଜଣା ପଡ଼ିଲା ନାହିଁ।

Word by Word

• nipetuḥ: fell down
• nipetuḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni + √pat (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• pakṣavātena: by the wind from (his) wings
• pakṣavātena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pakṣa + vāta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (पक्षस्य वातः)

• sāyudhāḥ: with weapons
• sāyudhāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa + āyudha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (आयुधैः सह)

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

• savāhanāḥ: with their mounts/vehicles
• savāhanāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa + vāhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (वाहनैः सह)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• jñāyante: are known/are perceived
• jñāyante: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jñā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense: are known)

• kva: where
• kva: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kva (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नवाचक-अव्यय (interrogative adverb of place)

• saṃprāptāḥ: having reached/arrived
• saṃprāptāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam + √prāp (धातु) + kta (क्त) → saṃprāpta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; भूतकर्मणि-क्त (past passive participle)

• vātyayā: by a whirlwind/storm
• vātyayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vātyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• pārṇatārṇavat: like leaves and straw
• pārṇatārṇavat: Sambandha (Comparison/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pārṇa + tārṇa + vat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उपमावाचक-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

• Garuḍa
• Surāḥ (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ego and armament cannot stand before overwhelming divine momentum; humility before cosmic power is implied.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha occurs in this verse; it remains within the Kāśī-khaṇḍa narrative arc.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.