Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

दह्यमानाः सुरास्तत्र पतन्ति धरणीतले । पतन्ति यक्षगन्धर्वाः सकिन्नरमहोरगाः

Transliteration

dahyamānāḥ surāstatra patanti dharaṇītale | patanti yakṣagandharvāḥ sakinnaramahoragāḥ

Translation

Там боги, объятые пламенем, пали на землю; пали также якши и гандхарвы, вместе с киннарами и великими змеями.

Word by Word

• दह्यमानाः: being burnt
• दह्यमानाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दह् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि-प्रयोगे शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Present passive participle); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• सुराः: gods
• सुराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• पतन्ति: fall
• पतन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• धरणीतले: on the ground/earth-surface
• धरणीतले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धरणी-तल (प्रातिपदिक; धरणी + तल)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: धरण्याः तलम्)

• पतन्ति: fall
• पतन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• यक्षगन्धर्वाः: yakṣas and gandharvas
• यक्षगन्धर्वाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष-गन्धर्व (प्रातिपदिक; यक्ष + गन्धर्व)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व-समास

• स: together with
• स: Sambandha (Association/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक/सहकारार्थक निपात (with/along with)

• किन्नरमहोरगाः: kinnaras and great serpents
• किन्नरमहोरगाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किन्नर-महोरग (प्रातिपदिक; किन्नर + महोरग)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व-समास

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sky-scene where devas, Yakṣas, Gandharvas, Kinnaras, and Mahoragas tumble downward, their bodies rimmed with flame; the earth below is darkened by smoke and streaked with falling embers.

Characters & Entities

• Suras (Devas)
• Yakṣas
• Gandharvas
• Kinnaras
• Mahoragas (Nāgas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even celestial ranks are not immune to cosmic upheaval; only alignment with dharma and surrender to the Divine is dependable.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The scene is within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s sacred narrative world; this verse does not specify a particular ford or shrine.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it records the catastrophic consequence of the manifestation.