Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

तेन शब्देन वित्रस्ताः स्थावरा जङ्गमाश्च ये । आकम्पिता महोत्पातैः सशैलवनकानना

Transliteration

tena śabdena vitrastāḥ sthāvarā jaṅgamāśca ye | ākampitā mahotpātaiḥ saśailavanakānanā

Translation

ด้วยเสียงนั้น สรรพสัตว์ทั้งที่อยู่นิ่งและที่เคลื่อนไหวต่างหวาดผวา และด้วยลางอันใหญ่หลวง แผ่นดินพร้อมภูผา พงไพร และดงดาลก็สั่นสะเทือน

Word by Word

• तेन: by that
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• शब्देन: by the sound
• शब्देन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शब्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• वित्रस्ताः: frightened
• वित्रस्ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वित्रस्त (कृदन्त, √त्रस्) उपसर्गः वि-
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; विशेषण—भीत (frightened)

• स्थावराः: immobile beings
• स्थावराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थावर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; ‘स्थावर’ = immobile beings (as a class)

• जङ्गमाः: moving beings
• जङ्गमाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जङ्गम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; ‘जङ्गम’ = moving beings

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• ये: who/which
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम (who/which)

• आकम्पिताः: shaken
• आकम्पिताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आकम्पित (कृदन्त, √कम्प्) उपसर्गः आ-
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; विशेषण—कम्पित (shaken)

• महोत्पातैः: by great portents
• महोत्पातैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्पात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः—महान् उत्पातः (great portents/disturbances)

• सशैलवनकाननाः: along with mountains, forests, and groves
• सशैलवनकाननाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (अव्यय-उपपद) + शैल (प्रातिपदिक) + वन (प्रातिपदिक) + कानन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः—शैलवनकाननैः सह (together with mountains, forests, and groves)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Revā-khaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (broad sacred region)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (nṛpasattama)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The infant’s cry radiates outward as visible ripples; animals freeze or flee; trees bend; mountains and forests seem to shudder; the sky darkens slightly, suggesting mahotpāta—an awe-filled disturbance across the whole kṣetra.

Characters & Entities

• sthāvara
• jaṅgama
• śaila
• vana
• kānana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In Purāṇic dharma, the cosmos is morally sensitive—grave imbalance or extraordinary tapas manifests as omens affecting all beings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā (Narmadā) sacred landscape forms the background, though this verse focuses on cosmic reaction rather than a named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.