Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

धूम्राक्षं निहतं दृष्ट्वा हतशेषा निशाचराः । सर्वं राज्ञे यथावृत्तं रावणाय न्यवेदयन्

Transliteration

dhūmrākṣaṃ nihataṃ dṛṣṭvā hataśeṣā niśācarāḥ | sarvaṃ rājñe yathāvṛttaṃ rāvaṇāya nyavedayan

Translation

ครั้นเห็นธูมรากษะถูกสังหาร เหล่านิศาจที่เหลือรอดก็นำเหตุการณ์ทั้งปวงไปกราบทูลแด่พระราชา ราวณะ

Word by Word

• dhūmrākṣam: Dhūmrākṣa
• dhūmrākṣam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhūmrākṣa (धूम्राक्ष-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्

• nihatam: slain
• nihatam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ni-han (नि+हन्-धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (दृश्-धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund), ‘having seen’

• hataśeṣāḥ: the remaining (survivors)
• hataśeṣāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hata + śeṣa (हत + शेष; प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समासः (‘हताः शेषाः’ = ‘remaining after being slain’/‘survivors’); पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्

• niśācarāḥ: the night-wanderers (rākṣasas)
• niśācarāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niśācara (निशाचर-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्

• sarvam: everything
• sarvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (सर्व-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्

• rājñe: to the king
• rājñe: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (राजन्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, चतुर्थी-विभक्तिः (Dative), एकवचनम्

• yathāvṛttam: as it occurred
• yathāvṛttam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā + vṛtta (यथा + वृत्त; प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समासः; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (indeclinable adverbial), ‘as it happened’

• rāvaṇāya: to Rāvaṇa
• rāvaṇāya: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāvaṇa (रावण-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, चतुर्थी, एकवचनम्

• nyavedayan: reported, informed
• nyavedayan: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-vid (नि+विद्-धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकारः (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुषः, बहुवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Narrator (Setukhaṇḍa frame; speaker not explicit in this snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rākṣasa survivors, shaken, hurry back to Laṅkā and recount to Rāvaṇa the full course of events—Prahasta’s death, Dhūmrākṣa’s fall, and the vanara onslaught.

Characters & Entities

• Dhūmrākṣa
• Rāvaṇa
• Rākṣasas (Niśācaras)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Consequences of adharma ripple through a kingdom; denial gives way to unavoidable truth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setukṣetra is the overarching frame, but this verse is set in the Laṅkā war report.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.