Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 140

Devanagari script

रावणो ब्रह्मपुत्रो यस्त्रैलोक्यं यस्य शङ्कते । हतः स रामचन्द्रेण सपुत्रः सहबान्धवः

Transliteration

rāvaṇo brahmaputro yastrailokyaṃ yasya śaṅkate | hataḥ sa rāmacandreṇa saputraḥ sahabāndhavaḥ

Translation

راون—جسے ‘برہما کا پُتر’ کہا جاتا تھا اور جس سے تینوں لوک کانپتے تھے—اُسے رام چندر جی نے اُس کے بیٹوں اور رشتہ داروں سمیت قتل کر دیا۔

Word by Word

• रावणः: Rāvaṇa
• रावणः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रावण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• ब्रह्मपुत्रः: son of Brahmā
• ब्रह्मपुत्रः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृ-समानााधिकरण/Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• त्रैलोक्यम्: the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्यम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• यस्य: whose
• यस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक

• शङ्कते: fears, is afraid
• शङ्कते: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शङ्क् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• हतः: was slain
• हतः: Kriyā (क्रिया; passive predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु) → हत (कृदन्त/क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता; of passive construction as patient-subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• रामचन्द्रेण: by Rāmacandra
• रामचन्द्रेण: Karana (करण/Instrument; agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रामचन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास, पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• सपुत्रः: together with (his) sons
• सपुत्रः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (उपसर्ग/सह-अर्थक) + पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि (possessive: 'having sons'), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; रावणविशेषण

• सहबान्धवः: along with (his) relatives
• सहबान्धवः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सह (अव्यय) + बान्धव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास (adverbial: 'together with kinsmen'), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; रावणविशेषण

Speaker

Narrator within Revā-khaṇḍa (deductive; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāmacandra stands poised with bow, the fallen Rāvaṇa with his retinue defeated; the three worlds symbolically relieved—gods witnessing from the sky.

Characters & Entities

• Rāvaṇa
• Brahmā
• Trailokya
• Rāmacandra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even the mightiest, feared across the worlds, falls before dharma upheld by the righteous; divine justice prevails.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a laudatory narrative statement.