Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

समंतादावृतं सर्वं न्यग्रोधपरि मण्डलम् । वायसांस्तान्निहत्यासावुलूको मुमुदे तदा

Transliteration

samaṃtādāvṛtaṃ sarvaṃ nyagrodhapari maṇḍalam | vāyasāṃstānnihatyāsāvulūko mumude tadā

Translation

บริเวณรอบต้นไทรทั้งหมดถูกปกคลุมไปทั่ว เมื่อสังหารกาเหล่านั้นแล้ว นกฮูกตัวนั้นก็เปรมปรีดิ์ในเวลานั้น

Word by Word

• समन्तात्: on all sides, all around
• समन्तात्: Adhikaraṇa (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: समन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = adverb; अर्थे ‘सर्वतः/चतुर्दिक्षु’

• आवृतम्: covered, enclosed
• आवृतम्: Karma (Object-predicate/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√वृ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘आवृत’ = covered/enclosed

• सर्वम्: everything, the whole
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• न्यग्रोध-परि-मण्डलम्: the area around the banyan tree
• न्यग्रोध-परि-मण्डलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: न्यग्रोध (प्रातिपदिक) + परि (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + मण्डल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी/उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (न्यग्रोधस्य परिमण्डलम् = the area around the banyan)

• वायसान्: crows
• वायसान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• तान्: those (them)
• तान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• निहत्य: having killed
• निहत्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Absolutive modifying main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-√हन् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव/gerund); ‘having killed’

• असौ: that one (he)
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• उलूकः: the owl
• उलूकः: Karta (Apposition to subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उलूक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मुमुदे: rejoiced, was delighted
• मुमुदे: Kriyā (Main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मुद् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद/आत्मनेपद—आत्मनेपद), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘rejoiced’

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) = temporal adverb

Speaker

Narrator (traditionally Sūta to sages)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dense banyan canopy forms a circular arena; crows lie scattered; an owl (ulūka/bhāsa-like raptor) stands exultant in moonlit shadow, feathers ruffled, eyes bright; the grove feels like a ritual maṇḍala turned violent.

Characters & Entities

• Ulūka (owl)
• Nyagrodha (banyan)
• Crows (Vāyasa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Joy rooted in violence is depicted as grim; the narrative sets up a reflection on the ethics and consequences of deceitful victory.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No explicit tīrtha praise occurs in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.