Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

अथान्ये दानवास्तत्र दह्यन्तेऽग्निविमोहिताः । न शक्ताश्चान्यतो गन्तुं धूमेनाकुलिताननाः । हंसकारण्डवाकीर्णा नलिन्यो हेमपङ्कजाः

Transliteration

athānye dānavāstatra dahyante'gnivimohitāḥ | na śaktāścānyato gantuṃ dhūmenākulitānanāḥ | haṃsakāraṇḍavākīrṇā nalinyo hemapaṅkajāḥ

Translation

แล้วเหล่าทานวะอื่น ๆ ณ ที่นั้น ถูกไฟทำให้หลงมัวและถูกเผาไหม้ ใบหน้าถูกควันอัดแน่นจนไปที่อื่นมิได้ สระบัวที่เต็มด้วยหงส์และนกการัณฑวะ มีดอกบัวสีทองบานอยู่

Word by Word

• अथ: then, now
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अनन्तरार्थक/प्रस्तावक)

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम्

• दानवाः: demons (Dānavas)
• दानवाः: Karta (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम्

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण)

• दह्यन्ते: are burnt / burn
• दह्यन्ते: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dah (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमानकालः), आत्मनेपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, बहुवचनम्; कर्मणि-प्रयोगार्थः (they are being burnt)

• अग्निविमोहिताः: bewildered by fire
• अग्निविमोहिताः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: agni (प्रातिपदिक) + vimohita (कृदन्त, वि-√muh ‘मोहने’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम्; तृतीया-तत्पुरुषः (अग्निना विमोहिताः)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध-निपात)

• शक्ताः: able
• शक्ताः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śakta (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम्; ‘समर्थ’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक)

• अन्यतः: elsewhere, from another place
• अन्यतः: Apadana (Source/away from)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: anyatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अपादानार्थक/दिशावाचक)

• गन्तुम्: to go
• गन्तुम्: Kriya (Purpose/Infinitive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्यय (Infinitive) — ‘गन्तुम्’ = to go

• धूमेन: by smoke
• धूमेन: Karana (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhūma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया एकवचनम् (करण)

• आकुलिताननाः: with faces distressed/confused
• आकुलिताननाः: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ākulita (कृदन्त, आ-√kul ‘व्याकुलीकरणे’) + ānana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम्; बहुव्रीहिः ‘आकुलितम् आननं येषाम्’

• हंसकारण्डवाकीर्णाः: filled with swans and kāraṇḍava ducks
• हंसकारण्डवाकीर्णाः: Karta (Qualifier of nalinyaḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: haṃsa (प्रातिपदिक) + kāraṇḍava (प्रातिपदिक) + ākīrṇa (कृदन्त, आ-√kṝ ‘क्षेपे/पूरणे’)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम् (नलिन्यः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्); समासः द्वन्द्वपूर्वक-तत्पुरुषः: (हंसाश्च कारण्डवाश्च) तैः आकीर्णाः

• नलिन्यः: lotus-ponds / lotus-lakes
• नलिन्यः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nalinī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम्

• हेमपङ्कजाः: with golden lotuses
• हेमपङ्कजाः: Karta (Qualifier of nalinyaḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hema (प्रातिपदिक) + paṅkaja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम् (नलिन्यः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्); कर्मधारयः ‘हेमवत् पङ्कजं’/‘हेम-पङ्कज’

Speaker

Narrator

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: king addressed in second person (nṛpaśreṣṭha implied across passage)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Smoke-choked dānavas trapped by fire while, in the foreground or distance, lotus-ponds shimmer with golden lotuses and swans/kāraṇḍavas—beauty beside catastrophe.

Characters & Entities

• Dānavas
• Agni
• Tripura (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even splendid beauty and power cannot protect those overcome by adharma when divine retribution manifests.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No explicit tīrtha is named; the verse paints the cityscape of Tripura within the Revā-khaṇḍa narration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this shloka.