Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 83

Devanagari script

पांसुवर्षं मह्द्वर्षन्वृक्षानामोटय न्मुहुः । वज्रघातसमस्पर्शो ववौ झंझानिलो महान्

Transliteration

pāṃsuvarṣaṃ mahdvarṣanvṛkṣānāmoṭaya nmuhuḥ | vajraghātasamasparśo vavau jhaṃjhānilo mahān

Translation

พายุใหญ่พัดกระหน่ำ โปรยฝุ่นเป็นสายราวห่าฝน และกระชากต้นไม้ซ้ำแล้วซ้ำเล่า ลมพายุอันยิ่งใหญ่นั้น สัมผัสดุจถูกฟาดด้วยสายฟ้า กึกก้องคำรามไปทั่วพงไพร

Word by Word

• pāṃsu-varṣam: a shower of dust
• pāṃsu-varṣam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāṃsu (प्रातिपदिक) + varṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (‘पांसोः वर्षम्’ = dust-rain)

• mahat: great
• mahat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषण

• varṣan: raining (down)
• varṣan: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vṛṣ (धातु)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), प्रथमा (1), एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग; कर्तरि

• vṛkṣānām: of trees
• vṛkṣānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛkṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन

• āmoṭayan: violently shaking
• āmoṭayan: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-muṭ / ā-moṭ (धातु)
• Form: शतृ/शानच्-समकक्ष वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle), प्रथमा (1), एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग; अर्थे—‘आमोटयन्’ = violently shaking/tearing

• muhuḥ: again and again
• muhuḥ: Kriya-viseshana (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: muhuḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• vajra-ghāta-sama-sparśaḥ: having a touch like a thunderbolt-strike
• vajra-ghāta-sama-sparśaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vajra (प्रातिपदिक) + ghāta (प्रातिपदिक) + sama (प्रातिपदिक) + sparśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (‘वज्रघातेन समः स्पर्शः यस्य’) विशेषणम्

• vavau: blew
• vavau: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vā (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• jhaṃjhā-anilaḥ: a tempest-wind
• jhaṃjhā-anilaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jhaṃjhā (प्रातिपदिक) + anila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (‘झंझा एव अनिलः’)

• mahān: great
• mahān: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setukṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A colossal dust-storm and gale bends and uproots trees; the air is thick with swirling sand; the forest appears to roar like a living being.

Characters & Entities

• jhaṃjhānila (gale/whirlwind)
• vajra (thunderbolt)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When the mind is shaken by adharma, the world appears hostile; Purāṇas mirror inner karma through outer upheaval.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; the verse is part of the Setukhaṇḍa narrative set in the Setu region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.