Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

त्रिपुरं ब्रह्मणा सृष्टं भ्रमत्तत्कामगामि च । तस्यैव तु बलोत्कृष्टास्त्रिपुरे दानवाः स्थिताः

Transliteration

tripuraṃ brahmaṇā sṛṣṭaṃ bhramattatkāmagāmi ca | tasyaiva tu balotkṛṣṭāstripure dānavāḥ sthitāḥ

Translation

Трипура была создана Брахмой — странствующая и движущаяся по желанию. Там, в Трипуре, пребывали данавы необычайной силы, принадлежащие ему.

Word by Word

• त्रिपुरम्: Tripura
• त्रिपुरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि (प्रातिपदिक) + पुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• ब्रह्मणा: by Brahmā
• ब्रह्मणा: Karta (Agent in passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• सृष्टम्: created
• सृष्टम्: Kriya (Verbal predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृज् (धातु) → सृष्ट (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• भ्रमत्: moving / revolving
• भ्रमत्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भ्रम् (धातु) → भ्रमत् (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (Present active participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Viśeṣaṇa (Determiner/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• कामगामि: moving at will
• कामगामि: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक) + गामिन् (कृदन्त; गम् धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• तस्य: of it / of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Masc/Neut), षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• तु: but
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वयार्थक अव्यय (adversative particle)

• बलोत्कृष्टाः: excellent in strength / very strong
• बलोत्कृष्टाः: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बल (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्कृष्ट (कृदन्त; उत् + कृ धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• त्रिपुरे: in Tripura
• त्रिपुरे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिपुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• दानवाः: demons
• दानवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• स्थिताः: were stationed / remained
• स्थिताः: Kriya (Verbal predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) → स्थित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past participle), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

Speaker

Devas (speaking to Śiva)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Tripura, a vast engineered city, drifts across the heavens; within its walls stand ranks of mighty Dānavas—armored, confident, and numerous—suggesting a mobile empire.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Tripura
• Dānavas
• Bāṇa
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma gathers strength through organization and shelter; dharma must respond not only to individuals but to fortified systems of harm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tirtha is praised directly; the passage builds the Tripura crisis within the Revā Khaṇḍa storyline.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is descriptive of Tripura’s nature and inhabitants.