Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 33
Devanagari script
हुंकुर्वती महानादैर्नादयन्ती दिशो दश । व्यवर्धत महारौद्रा विद्युत्सौदामिनी यथा
Transliteration
huṃkurvatī mahānādairnādayantī diśo daśa | vyavardhata mahāraudrā vidyutsaudāminī yathā
Translation
นางเปล่ง “หุṃ” ด้วยเสียงคำรามมหึมา ให้ทิศทั้งสิบกึกก้อง แล้วพระผู้ดุร้ายยิ่งก็แผ่ขยายออก ดุจสายฟ้าอันลุกโพลง
Word by Word
हुंकुर्वतीuttering ‘huṃ’/roaring
हुंकुर्वती:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootहुं (ध्वनि-प्रयोग) + कृ (धातु) → कुर्वत् (शतृ)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ/Present active participle)
महानादैःwith great sounds
महानादैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootमहा + नाद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय: महान् नादः
नादयन्तीmaking resound
नादयन्ती:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootनद् (धातु) → नादयत् (णिच् causative)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ) causative: ‘making resound’
दिशःthe directions
दिशः:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootदिश् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन
दशten
दश:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootदशन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययवत् संख्या-विशेषण; द्वितीया बहुवचनार्थे (agreeing with ‘दिशः’)
व्यवर्धतgrew/increased
व्यवर्धत:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवृध् (धातु)
Formलङ् (Imperfect), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; उपसर्ग: वि- + अव-
महारौद्राvery fierce
महारौद्रा:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootमहा + रौद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय: महती रौद्रता यस्याः/महान् रौद्रः
विद्युत्सौदामिनीa lightning-flash
विद्युत्सौदामिनी:
Upamāna (Standard of comparison)
TypeNoun
Rootविद्युत् + सौदामिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय: विद्युत्स्वरूपा सौदामिनी
यथाas/like
यथा:
Upamā-marker
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; उपमा/प्रकार (as/like)
Speaker
Narrator
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Revā-tīra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Bhārata
Visual Art Cues
Scene: The fierce Devi roars ‘huṃ’ repeatedly; sound-waves radiate to all ten directions as her form grows vast, lightning-like brilliance outlining her expanding silhouette.
Characters & Entities
D
DevīFAQs
Divine energy is depicted as all-pervading and world-filling; when awakened, it shakes the cosmos and reorders reality.
No specific tīrtha is singled out in this verse.
None.