Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

अब्रवीद्वायुसूनुस्तं बद्धो ब्रह्मास्त्रसंयुतः । वह्निना पुच्छयुक्तेन लंकाया दहनं कृतम्

Transliteration

abravīdvāyusūnustaṃ baddho brahmāstrasaṃyutaḥ | vahninā pucchayuktena laṃkāyā dahanaṃ kṛtam

Translation

เมื่อถูกผูกด้วยพรหมาสตรา บุตรแห่งวายุได้กล่าวแก่เขา แล้วเมื่อผูกไฟไว้ที่หาง การเผาลังกาก็สำเร็จลง

Word by Word

• अब्रवीत्: said/spoke
• अब्रवीत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √brū (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकारः (Imperfect), प्रथम-पुरुषः (3rd), एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्; उपसर्गः—अ

• वायुसूनुः: son of Vāyu (Hanumān)
• वायुसूनुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāyu + sūnu (प्रातिपदिक); vāyusūnu (समास-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (vāyoḥ sūnuḥ)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम-रूपम्

• बद्धः: bound
• बद्धः: Karta (Predicate/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √bandh (धातु) + ta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्तः; पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; कर्तृ-विशेषणम्

• ब्रह्मास्त्रसंयुतः: bound/affected by the Brahmā-weapon
• ब्रह्मास्त्रसंयुतः: Karta (Predicate/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: brahmāstra + saṃyuta (प्रातिपदिक); brahmāstra-saṃyuta (समास-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (brahmāstreṇa saṃyutaḥ = 'joined with/affected by')

• वह्निना: with fire
• वह्निना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vahni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• पुच्छयुक्तेन: attached to the tail
• पुच्छयुक्तेन: Karana (Instrument-Qualifier/करण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puccha + yukta (प्रातिपदिक); puccha-yukta (समास-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (vahni); समासः—तत्पुरुषः (pucchena yuktaḥ)

• लंकायाः: of Laṅkā
• लंकायाः: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: laṅkā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (Genitive/6th), एकवचनम्

• दहनम्: burning/conflagration
• दहनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dahana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम्

• कृतम्: was done/was effected
• कृतम्: Kriya (Result/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु) + ta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्तः; नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे परिणाम/विधेयम् (predicate)

Speaker

Purāṇic narrator (contextual; likely Sūta-style narration within Brahmakhaṇḍa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Hanumān, still bound, speaks with fearless clarity; his tail blazes as he leaps across rooftops, setting Laṅkā aflame—firelight reflecting on the ocean and palace towers.

Characters & Entities

• Hanumān
• Vāyu
• Brahmāstra
• Laṅkā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma that humiliates the righteous returns as self-destruction; divine service transforms even bondage into a means of justice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Laṅkā is the place named, presented as the arena of adharma’s downfall rather than a tīrtha of merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual instruction appears; it is an episode of consequence and retribution.