Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 57
Devanagari script
परिवव्रुः फलाकीर्णं वृक्षं शकुनयो यथा । तस्मिन्महति राज्यस्थे तारके दितिनंदने
Transliteration
parivavruḥ phalākīrṇaṃ vṛkṣaṃ śakunayo yathā | tasminmahati rājyasthe tārake ditinaṃdane
Translation
وہ اسے یوں گھیرنے لگے جیسے پرندے پھلوں سے لدے درخت کو گھیر لیتے ہیں—جب دِتی کی نسل کا عظیم تارک راج میں مضبوطی سے قائم ہو گیا۔
Word by Word
parivavruḥsurrounded
parivavruḥ:
Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootpari + √vṛ (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन, परस्मैपदम्; परि-उपसर्गः; अर्थः—परिवव्रुः (surrounded/encircled)
phala-ākīrṇamladen with fruits
phala-ākīrṇam:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootphala (प्रातिपदिक) + ākīrṇa (कृदन्त; ā+√kṝ/√kīr)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—फलैः आकीर्णम् (covered/filled with fruits)
vṛkṣamtree
vṛkṣam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootvṛkṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन
śakunayaḥbirds
śakunayaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootśakuni (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन
yathāas
yathā:
Sambandha (Comparison/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootyathā (अव्यय)
Formउपमावाचक-अव्ययम् (as/like)
tasminin him/there
tasmin:
Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
mahatigreat
mahati:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootmahat (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; विशेषणम्
rājya-stheestablished in sovereignty
rājya-sthe:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootrājya (प्रातिपदिक) + stha (कृदन्त; √sthā)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—राज्ये स्थिते (situated in kingship/established in the kingdom)
tārakein Tāraka
tārake:
Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Roottāraka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; विशेष्यः—तारकः (Tāraka)
diti-nandane(who is) Diti’s son
diti-nandane:
Adhikaraṇa (Apposition/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootditi (प्रातिपदिक) + nandana (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—दितेः नन्दनः (son of Diti)
Speaker
Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa, per Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative style)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Daitya lords cluster around Tāraka like birds around a heavy-fruited tree; Tāraka stands or sits as sovereign, radiating newly won authority.
Characters & Entities
T
TārakaD
DitiD
DaityeśvarasFAQs
Worldly power attracts followers swiftly, like fruit draws birds; Purāṇic dharma cautions that such gatherings often depend on prosperity, not virtue.
None; this verse is a political-cosmic scene-setting rather than a tīrtha-māhātmya.
None.