Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

श्रीसूत उवाच । पर्वकाले तु विप्रेंद्राः समावृत्ते मुनिक्रतौ । महाभीमो रजोवर्षो झंझावातश्च भीषणः

Transliteration

śrīsūta uvāca | parvakāle tu vipreṃdrāḥ samāvṛtte munikratau | mahābhīmo rajovarṣo jhaṃjhāvātaśca bhīṣaṇaḥ

Translation

ศรีสูตะกล่าวว่า: โอ้พราหมณ์ผู้ประเสริฐ เมื่อกาลแห่งเทศกาลอันศักดิ์สิทธิ์มาถึง และพิธียัญของเหล่าฤษีได้ประชุมพร้อมแล้ว บังเกิดฝนธุลีอันน่าสะพรึงกลัว และลมพายุกรรโชกอันน่าหวาดหวั่น

Word by Word

• श्रीसूतः: the venerable Sūta
• श्रीसूतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीसूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (श्रीमान् सूतः)

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• पर्वकाले: at the time of the festival/occasion
• पर्वकाले: Adhikarana (Location/Time अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वकाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पर्वस्य कालः)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle), विरोध/अन्वयार्थे

• विप्रेंद्राः: O best of Brahmins
• विप्रेंद्राः: Sambodhana/Address (Vocative sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (विप्राणाम् इन्द्राः)

• समावृत्ते: when (it) had come/occurred
• समावृत्ते: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-वृत् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘समावृत्ते’ = ‘समाप्ते/समुपस्थिते’

• मुनिक्रतौ: in the sage’s rite/sacrifice
• मुनिक्रतौ: Adhikarana (Location/Context अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि + क्रतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मुनेः क्रतुः)

• महाभीमः: very terrible
• महाभीमः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाभीम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (महान् च भीमः)

• रजोवर्षः: a rain of dust
• रजोवर्षः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रजस् + वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (रजसः वर्षः)

• झंझावातः: a whirlwind/gale
• झंझावातः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: झंझा + वात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषप्रायः (झंझासदृशो वातः)

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

• भीषणः: frightful
• भीषणः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भीषण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa/Sūta narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setukṣetra (Setubandha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas (viprendra)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacrificial enclosure at festival-time; sages seated around the fire as a wall of dust rises and a violent gale bends trees and whips banners, darkening the sky over the Setu landscape.

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• munis (sages)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma (yajña and sacred observances) is often tested by disruptive forces; steadiness and divine support safeguard righteous rites.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu (Setubandha/Rāmeśvara sacred region) within the Setu Māhātmya of the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A muni-kratu (sages’ sacrificial rite) is referenced; the verse itself focuses on the arising impediment rather than a specific injunction.