Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

गच्छ नारद शीघ्रं त्वं यत्र तत्त्रिपुरं महत् । बाणस्य दानवेन्द्रस्य सर्वलोकभयावहम्

Transliteration

gaccha nārada śīghraṃ tvaṃ yatra tattripuraṃ mahat | bāṇasya dānavendrasya sarvalokabhayāvaham

Translation

ไปเถิด นารทะ โดยเร็ว ไปยังที่ซึ่งตรีปุระอันยิ่งใหญ่นั้นตั้งอยู่—ของพาณะ เจ้าแห่งทานวะ—ผู้ก่อความหวาดหวั่นแก่สรรพโลก

Word by Word

• गच्छ: go
• गच्छ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• नारद: O Nārada
• नारद: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• शीघ्रम्: quickly
• शीघ्रम्: Adhikarana (Adverbial/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शीघ्र (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोग)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (quickly)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-सम्बन्ध (where)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषण (that)

• त्रिपुरम्: Tripura (the city)
• त्रिपुरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिपुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• महत्: great
• महत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; त्रिपुरम् इति विशेषणम्

• बाणस्य: of Bāṇa
• बाणस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• दानवेन्द्रस्य: of the lord of demons
• दानवेन्द्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दानव + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (dānavānām indraḥ)

• सर्वलोकभयावहम्: bringing fear to all worlds
• सर्वलोकभयावहम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + लोक + भय + आवह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (sarveṣāṃ lokānāṃ bhayaṃ āvahati)

Speaker

Śiva (Maheśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Tripura (mythic); framed within Revā-khaṇḍa narration

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The deity points the way; Nārada turns to depart, vīṇā slung, as a vision of the looming Tripura—dark, radiant, and mobile—appears in the distance.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Nārada
• Tripura
• Bāṇa
• Dānavas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine order channels even complex events toward restoring cosmic balance and relieving the worlds of fear.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Tripura is referenced as a fearsome stronghold in the narrative; the verse is not a tīrtha-māhātmya description.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a command initiating a mission.