Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

देवो व्यसर्जयत्सार्पं क्रोधाविष्टेन चेतसा । मारुतं नाशितं बाणैः सर्पैस्तत्र न संशयः

Transliteration

devo vyasarjayatsārpaṃ krodhāviṣṭena cetasā | mārutaṃ nāśitaṃ bāṇaiḥ sarpaistatra na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

تب دیوتا نے غضب سے بھرے دل کے ساتھ سارپ اَستر چھوڑا۔ وہاں سانپ جیسے تیروں سے ماروت (ہوا کی قوت) مٹ گئی—اس میں کوئی شک نہیں۔

Word by Word

• devaḥ: the god (Śiva)
• devaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• vyasarjayat: released/let loose
• vyasarjayat: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sṛj (सृज् धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; उपसर्गः वि-

• sārpam: the serpent(-weapon)
• sārpam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sārpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (सार्पम् अस्त्रम्) संक्षेपेण

• krodha-āviṣṭena: possessed by anger
• krodha-āviṣṭena: Karana (Instrumental qualifier/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: krodha + āviṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तृतीया-तत्पुरुषार्थः ‘क्रोधेन आविष्टः’ (possessed by anger); विशेषणम् (cetasā)

• cetasā: with (his) mind
• cetasā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cetas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• mārutam: the wind-weapon
• mārutam: Karta (Subject of passive/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māruta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (मारुतम् अस्त्रम्) संक्षेपेण

• nāśitam: was destroyed
• nāśitam: Kriya (Result state/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: naś (नश् धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त-भूतकर्मणि (PPP/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• bāṇaiḥ: by arrows
• bāṇaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• sarpaiḥ: by serpents
• sarpaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarpa (प्रातिपदik)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• tatra: there/in that matter
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय

• na: no/not
• na: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• saṃśayaḥ: doubt
• saṃśayaḥ: Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva, eyes intense, releases the Sārpa-astra: arrows become living serpents that coil through the air, constricting and stilling the raging wind currents.

Characters & Entities

• Deva
• Sārpāstra
• Marut/Vāyu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unchecked anger fuels conflict, yet the Purāṇas depict even wrath-driven power as operating within an ordered, intelligible cosmos.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā/Narmadā milieu underlies the chapter; this verse itself does not name a particular tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.