Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

दुन्दुभश्चैव संह्रादो डिण्डिर्मुण्डिस्तथैव च । बाणभ्राता च बाणश्च क्रव्यादव्याघ्रवक्त्रकौ

Transliteration

dundubhaścaiva saṃhrādo ḍiṇḍirmuṇḍistathaiva ca | bāṇabhrātā ca bāṇaśca kravyādavyāghravaktrakau

Translation

“และ (ยัง) ในเรือนของทุณฑุภะและสังหราดะ ในเรือนของฑิณฑิและมุณฑิด้วย; ในเรือนของพี่น้องของพาณะและตัวพาณะเอง; และในเรือนของกรวยาทะกับวยาฆรวักตระ”

Word by Word

• dundubhaḥ: Dundubha
• dundubhaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dundubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणबोधक अव्यय (emphasis)

• saṃhrādaḥ: Saṃhrāda
• saṃhrādaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃhrāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ḍiṇḍiḥ: Ḍiṇḍi
• ḍiṇḍiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ḍiṇḍi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• muṇḍiḥ: Muṇḍi
• muṇḍiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muṇḍi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Samuccaya (Addition/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (likewise)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणबोधक अव्यय (emphasis)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• bāṇa-bhrātā: Bāṇa's brother
• bāṇa-bhrātā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bāṇa + bhrātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (बाणस्य भ्राता)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• bāṇaḥ: Bāṇa
• bāṇaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• kravyāda-vyāghra-vaktrakau: Kravyāda and Vyāghravaktra
• kravyāda-vyāghra-vaktrakau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kravyāda + vyāghra + vaktra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; द्वन्द्व-समास (क्रव्यादः च व्याघ्रवक्त्रः च)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A final sweep of the burning quarter: houses marked Dundubha, Saṃhrāda, Ḍiṇḍi, Muṇḍi; then a grander mansion for Bāṇa and his brother; at the edge, fierce-faced figures (Kravyāda, Vyāghravaktra) suggested in shadow as flames consume their dwellings.

Characters & Entities

• Dundubha
• Saṃhrāda
• Ḍiṇḍi
• Muṇḍi
• Bāṇa
• Bāṇabhrātā
• Kravyāda
• Vyāghravaktra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The text underscores the wide reach of karmic consequence—harm spreads through networks of allies and households when adharma dominates.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā (Narmadā) milieu is the larger sacred frame, though this verse is not a direct tīrtha-stuti.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.