Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

नानारूपैस्ततो मेघैः शक्रायुधविराजितैः । सर्वमापूरितं व्योम वार्यौघैः पूरिते तदा

Transliteration

nānārūpaistato meghaiḥ śakrāyudhavirājitaiḥ | sarvamāpūritaṃ vyoma vāryaughaiḥ pūrite tadā

Translation

پھر گوناگوں صورتوں والے بادل، شکر کے وجر (بجلی) سے درخشاں ہو کر، سارے آسمان پر چھا گئے؛ اور اسی وقت وہ پانی کے تیز سیلابی دھاروں سے بھر گیا۔

Word by Word

• नानारूपैः: with various forms
• नानारूपैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नाना + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; विशेषण—‘मेघैः’ इत्यस्य

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb) — ‘thereupon/then’

• मेघैः: by clouds
• मेघैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन

• शक्रायुधविराजितैः: adorned with Indra’s weapon (lightning)
• शक्रायुधविराजितैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शक्र + आयुध + विराजित (कृदन्त; √राज् (धातु) + वि, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; विशेषण—‘मेघैः’ इत्यस्य; ‘शक्रस्य आयुधेन विराजित’ (Indra’s weapon-adorned)

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• आपूरितम्: filled/fully filled
• आपूरितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ + पूरित (कृदन्त; √पॄ (धातु) + आ, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि क्त-प्रत्यय; ‘सर्वम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• व्योम: the sky
• व्योम: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्योमन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• वार्यौघैः: by torrents of water
• वार्यौघैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वारि + ओघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; ‘वारिणाम् ओघैः’ (floods of water)

• पूरिते: when (it) was filled
• पूरिते: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूरित (कृदन्त; √पॄ (धातु), क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; ‘व्योम(नि)’ इत्यर्थे सप्तमी—‘when the sky was filled’

• तदा: at that time
• तदा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sky packed with layered, many-shaped monsoon clouds; lightning like Indra’s vajra splits the darkness; sheets of rain fall in roaring torrents, turning the horizon into a single watery veil.

Characters & Entities

• Indra (Śakra)
• Lightning (Śakrāyudha)
• Clouds

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cosmic forces overwhelm creation at dissolution, reminding the listener that only the divine is stable amidst change.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single place; it is a universal cosmological scene within Revā Khaṇḍa’s teaching context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse is descriptive of pralaya-like flooding and celestial phenomena.