Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

दुष्टदुष्ट कुतो यासीत्यभ्यधावद्वचो वदन् । तावत्सौदामिनी दीप्ता गन्ध र्वैर्जनिता भृशम्

Transliteration

duṣṭaduṣṭa kuto yāsītyabhyadhāvadvaco vadan | tāvatsaudāminī dīptā gandha rvairjanitā bhṛśam

Translation

เขาตะโกนว่า “คนชั่ว คนชั่ว—จะไปไหน!” แล้ววิ่งพรวดไป ทันใดนั้นเอง สายฟ้าอันเจิดจ้าก็วาบขึ้น เกิดขึ้นอย่างรุนแรงโดยเหล่าคันธรรพ์

Word by Word

• दुष्ट: O wicked one
• दुष्ट: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुष्ट (प्रातिपदिक; दुष्-धातोः क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; (addressing)

• दुष्ट: O wicked one
• दुष्ट: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; (repetition for emphasis)

• कुतः: from where
• कुतः: Adhikarana (Source/स्थान-भाव)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कुतः (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (interrogative adverb)

• यासि: do you go
• यासि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; (you go)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरणार्थक-अव्यय; (quotative)

• अभ्यधावत्: ran towards
• अभ्यधावत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि + धाव् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; (he ran towards)

• वचः: words
• वचः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; (Accusative singular: 'words')

• वदन्: saying
• वदन्: Karta (Agent qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वद् (धातु) + शतृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (present participle: 'saying')

• तावत्: then, meanwhile
• तावत्: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालपरिमाणवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: 'then/meanwhile')

• सौदामिनी: lightning
• सौदामिनी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौदामिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; (Nominative singular)

• दीप्ता: blazing
• दीप्ता: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (shone, blazing)

• गन्धर्वैः: by the Gandharvas
• गन्धर्वैः: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; (Instrumental plural)

• जनिता: produced
• जनिता: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जन् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (generated/produced)

• भृशम्: greatly, intensely
• भृशम्: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भृशम् (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setukṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages (frame assumed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king charges forward shouting; a brilliant lightning-bolt erupts, revealing celestial Gandharvas as the source—radiance cutting through night.

Characters & Entities

• Purūravas
• Gandharvas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sudden ‘illumination’ can expose hidden truths; divine forces may orchestrate events to bring karmic consequences to fruition.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific site is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.