Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

आगतं कुम्भकर्णं तं ब्रह्मास्त्रेण तु लक्ष्मणः । जघान समरे क्रुद्धो गतासुर्न्यपतच्च सः

Transliteration

āgataṃ kumbhakarṇaṃ taṃ brahmāstreṇa tu lakṣmaṇaḥ | jaghāna samare kruddho gatāsurnyapatacca saḥ

Translation

เมื่อกุมภกรรณรุกเข้ามา ลักษมณะผู้กริ้วในศึกก็ประหารเขาด้วยพรหมาสตรา ชีวิตดับสิ้นและล้มลง

Word by Word

• āgatam: arrived
• āgatam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ā-gam (आ+गम्-धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; ‘come/arrived’

• kumbhakarṇam: Kumbhakarṇa
• kumbhakarṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kumbhakarṇa (कुम्भकर्ण-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम (kumbhakarṇam इति पुनरुक्ति)

• brahmāstreṇa: with the Brahmā-weapon
• brahmāstreṇa: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahma + astra (ब्रह्म + अस्त्र; प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (ब्रह्मणः अस्त्रम्); नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया, एकवचनम्

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (तु)
• Form: अव्ययम्; अवधारण/विरोधार्थक-निपात (particle: ‘but/indeed’)

• lakṣmaṇaḥ: Lakṣmaṇa
• lakṣmaṇaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lakṣmaṇa (लक्ष्मण-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• jaghāna: struck, slew
• jaghāna: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: han (हन्-धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकारः (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्

• samare: in battle
• samare: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: samara (समर-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी, एकवचनम्

• kruddhaḥ: angry
• kruddhaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: krudh (क्रुध्-धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP used adjectivally), पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; ‘angry’ (lakṣmaṇaḥ इति)

• gatāsuḥ: lifeless, dead
• gatāsuḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gata + asu (गत + असु; प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समासः (‘गताः असवः यस्य’ = ‘whose life-breath has departed’); पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचनम् (सः इति विशेषणम्)

• nyapatat: fell down
• nyapatat: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-pat (नि+पत्-धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकारः (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (च)
• Form: अव्ययम्; समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम (कुम्भकर्णः)

Speaker

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

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu (Setubandha/Rāma-setu) war-field (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kumbhakarṇa advances like a moving mountain; Lakṣmaṇa, wrathful yet focused, releases the Brahmāstra. The divine missile strikes; Kumbhakarṇa’s life departs and he collapses, shaking the earth.

Characters & Entities

• Lakṣmaṇa
• Kumbhakarṇa
• Brahmāstra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the mightiest fall when opposed by dharma supported by divine ordinance and disciplined action.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setukṣetra/Rāmeśvara is the broader frame of Setukhaṇḍa, though this verse focuses on the battle outcome.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse references a divine weapon, not a pilgrimage rite.