Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

ततोऽवलोकयांचक्रे तदरण्यं भयानकम् । न्यग्रोधं च ततोऽपश्यद्बहुवायससंकुलम्

Transliteration

tato'valokayāṃcakre tadaraṇyaṃ bhayānakam | nyagrodhaṃ ca tato'paśyadbahuvāyasasaṃkulam

Translation

แล้วเขากวาดตามองป่าที่น่าหวาดหวั่นนั้น และเห็นต้นไทร (นยโครธะ) แน่นขนัดด้วยฝูงกาเป็นอันมาก

Word by Word

• ततः: then / thereafter
• ततः: Kāla/Hetu-adhikaraṇa (काल/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: देश/कालवाचक-अव्यय (ablatival adverb)

• अवलोकयाम्: to look (in order to see)
• अवलोकयाम्: Prayojana (प्रयोजन/Purpose)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अव-लोक् (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभावे (Infinitive/absolutive-like usage) ‘अवलोकयाम्’ = अवलोकितुम् (to look)

• चक्रे: did / began
• चक्रे: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma-viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम; विशेषण

• अरण्यम्: forest
• अरण्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भयानकम्: terrifying
• भयानकम्: Karma-viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भयानक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• न्यग्रोधम्: the banyan tree
• न्यग्रोधम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: न्यग्रोध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kāla-adhikaraṇa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय

• अपश्यत्: saw
• अपश्यत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• बहुवायससंकुलम्: crowded with many crows
• बहुवायससंकुलम्: Karma-viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु-वायस-संकुल (प्रातिपदिक; बहु + वायस + संकुल)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (बहुभिः वायसैः संकुलम्)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: viprendra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A warrior scans a dark forest; the banyan is crowded with black crows, their silhouettes dense against the branches. The scene feels like a held breath before calamity.

Characters & Entities

• Nyagrodha
• Vāyasa (crows)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A disturbed mind perceives the world as threatening; fear and omens gather where inner clarity is absent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tirtha is given; the verse describes the campsite banyan within the Setukhaṇḍa journey landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a scene-setting observation.