Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 68
Devanagari script
सुराणां सिंहनादं च सन्नादितदिगंतरम् । जंभो जज्वाल कोपेन संदीप्त इव पावकः
Transliteration
surāṇāṃ siṃhanādaṃ ca sannāditadigaṃtaram | jaṃbho jajvāla kopena saṃdīpta iva pāvakaḥ
Translation
दिगन्तरं सन्नादयन्तं सुराणां सिंहनादं श्रुत्वा, जंभः कोपेन जज्वाल संदीप्त इव पावकः।
Word by Word
surāṇāmof the gods
surāṇām:
Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठī)
TypeNoun
Rootsura (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Genitive plural
siṃhanādamlion-roar
siṃhanādam:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsiṃhanāda (प्रातिपदिक; siṃha + nāda)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन — Accusative singular
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय — ‘and’
sannādita-digantaramresounding through all directions
sannādita-digantaram:
Karman (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsannādita (नि-√nad/√nad + kta, कृदन्त) + digantara (प्रातिपदिक; diś + antara)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन — Accusative singular adjective (compound) qualifying siṃhanādam; ‘having made the quarters resound’
jaṃbhaḥJambha
jaṃbhaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootjaṃbha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन — Nominative singular (proper name)
jajvālablazed
jajvāla:
Kriyā (Main action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√jval (धातु)
Formलिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — ‘blazed’
kopenawith anger; from wrath
kopena:
Karaṇa/Hetu (Instrument/Cause/करण-हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootkopa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन — Instrumental singular
saṃdīptaḥinflamed
saṃdīptaḥ:
Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsam-√dīp (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘kindled, inflamed’ (predicate adjective of jaṃbhaḥ)
ivalike
iva:
Upamāna (Simile marker/उपमान)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootiva (अव्यय)
Formउपमानवाचक अव्यय — ‘like/as’
pāvakaḥfire
pāvakaḥ:
Upamāna (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
TypeNoun
Rootpāvaka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन — Nominative singular
Speaker
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages
Visual Art Cues
Scene: The devas unleash a lion-roar that fills all directions; Jambha, hearing it, flares with anger like a suddenly kindled fire—eyes fierce, aura blazing.
Characters & Entities
J
JambhaS
Suras (gods)FAQs
Unchecked anger is depicted as consuming fire—powerful, but destructive and destabilizing.
No holy place is mentioned.
None.