Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

केचित्प्रविष्टा रोमेषु उच्चैःश्रवहयस्य च । नष्टाः केचिद्दशदिशं कद्रूशापभयात्ततः

Transliteration

kecitpraviṣṭā romeṣu uccaiḥśravahayasya ca | naṣṭāḥ keciddaśadiśaṃ kadrūśāpabhayāttataḥ

Translation

บางพวกเข้าไปซ่อนอยู่ในเส้นขนของอุจไฉศรวัส ม้าเทวะ; และบางพวกหวาดกลัวคำสาปของกัทรู จึงหายลับแล้วหนีไปทั่วทั้งสิบทิศ

Word by Word

• केचित्: some (of them)
• केचित्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क-चित् (प्रातिपदिक; सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचनम्; सर्वनाम-प्रयोगः (some persons)

• प्रविष्टाः: entered
• प्रविष्टाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-विश् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि/भूतकृत् (past passive participle, क्त), पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचनम्; गत्यर्थकः

• रोमेषु: in the hairs
• रोमेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोमन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचनम्; अधिकरणम् (locative)

• उच्चैःश्रवहयस्य: of the horse Uccaiḥśravas
• उच्चैःश्रवहयस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उच्चैःश्रवस् (प्रातिपदिक) + हय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः; पुंलिङ्गः, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचनम्

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

• नष्टाः: perished / disappeared
• नष्टाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृत् (past participle, क्त), पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचनम्

• केचित्: some (others)
• केचित्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क-चित् (प्रातिपदिक; सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचनम्; सर्वनाम-प्रयोगः

• दश: ten
• दश: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दशन् (प्रातिपदिक; संख्या)
• Form: संख्यावाचक-विशेषणम्; (समासपूर्वपदत्वेन)

• दिशम्: direction (i.e., the ten directions)
• दिशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचनम्; (दश + दिशम् = दशदिशम्)

• कद्रूशापभयात्: from fear of Kadru’s curse
• कद्रूशापभयात्: Apadana (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कद्रू (प्रातिपदिक) + शाप (प्रातिपदिक) + भय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कद्रू-शापस्य भयम्); नपुंसकलिङ्गः, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचनम्; हेतौ अपादानम् (ablative of cause)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/क्रमवाचक-अव्ययम् (then/thereupon)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; speaker not explicit in snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A swarm of nāgas and beings scatter in panic; some shrink and slip into the hairs of the radiant white celestial horse Uccaiḥśravas; others streak away into the ten directions under the shadow of Kadrū’s curse.

Characters & Entities

• Uccaiḥśravas
• Kadrū

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A curse (śāpa) symbolizes karmic consequence—beings seek refuge anywhere, yet true refuge is found through dharmic transformation, not mere hiding.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse; it describes mythic flight and concealment.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is descriptive narrative.