Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

जगाम क्षत्रियान्ताय पृथिवीमवलोकयन् । सप्तद्वीपार्णवयुतां सशैलवनकाननाम्

Transliteration

jagāma kṣatriyāntāya pṛthivīmavalokayan | saptadvīpārṇavayutāṃ saśailavanakānanām

Translation

พระองค์เสด็จออกเพื่อทำลายเหล่ากษัตริยะ พลางทอดพระเนตรแผ่นดิน—พร้อมทวีปทั้งเจ็ดและมหาสมุทรทั้งหลาย มีภูผา พนไพร และพฤกษาวันอันร่มเย็น

Word by Word

• जगाम: went
• जगाम: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (3rd person singular, Perfect)

• क्षत्रियान्ताय: for the destruction of kṣatriyas
• क्षत्रियान्ताय: Sampradana (Purpose/Dative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षत्रिय (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (क्षत्रियाणाम् अन्तः/नाशः); चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Dative, Singular); प्रयोजनार्थ (purpose)

• पृथिवीम्: the earth
• पृथिवीम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथिवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Accusative, Singular)

• अवलोकयन्: looking at, surveying
• अवलोकयन्: Karta (Subject; participial modifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-लोक् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमान कृदन्त (present active participle); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular); सहक्रिया (concomitant action)

• सप्तद्वीपार्णवयुताम्: endowed with seven continents and oceans
• सप्तद्वीपार्णवयुताम्: Karma (Object-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त (संख्या) + द्वीप (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्णव (प्रातिपदिक) + युत (√युज्/युता, क्त)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास (सप्तद्वीपैः अर्णवैः च युता); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Accusative, Singular); पृथिवीम् इत्यस्य विशेषण

• सशैलवनकाननाम्: together with mountains, forests, and groves
• सशैलवनकाननाम्: Karma (Object-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (अव्यय-उपसर्गार्थ ‘सह’) + शैल (प्रातिपदिक) + वन (प्रातिपदिक) + कानन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (शैलैः वनैः काननैः सह); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Accusative, Singular); पृथिवीम् इत्यस्य विशेषण

Speaker

Purāṇic narrator

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/assembly (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Paraśurāma strides as if surveying the whole earth—mountains, forests, oceans—his vow turning into a world-spanning mission.

Characters & Entities

• Paraśurāma
• Earth (Pṛthivī)
• Saptadvīpa (seven continents)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇic vision places human violence against the vast cosmic order, implying that adharma disturbs not only society but the harmony of the world.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named; the verse uses cosmographic language as a prelude to later localization at Samantapañcaka.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is descriptive narration.