Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 82

Devanagari script

व्याधस्यैव महाकूटे पतन्ति च यथा मृगाः । कालस्पृष्टस्तथा कृष्णे पतितश्च नराधिप

Transliteration

vyādhasyaiva mahākūṭe patanti ca yathā mṛgāḥ | kālaspṛṣṭastathā kṛṣṇe patitaśca narādhipa

Translation

Hỡi bậc chúa tể loài người, như nai rơi vào chiếc bẫy lớn của thợ săn thế nào, thì hắn cũng thế—bị số mệnh chạm đến—mà sa vào mưu cuộc của Kṛṣṇa.

Word by Word

• व्याधस्य: of the hunter
• व्याधस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Genitive singular

• एव: indeed / just
• एव: Avadharana (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• महाकूटे: in a great snare/trap (pitfall)
• महाकूटे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाकूट (प्रातिपदिक; महा + कूट)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular

• पतन्ति: fall
• पतन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद; Present indicative 3rd pl.

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• यथा: as
• यथा: Upamana (Comparison)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमानवाचक-अव्यय (comparative ‘as/like’)

• मृगाः: deer
• मृगाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Nominative plural

• कालस्पृष्टः: touched by fate (time)
• कालस्पृष्टः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कालस्पृष्ट (प्रातिपदिक; काल + स्पृष्ट[क्त])
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (स्पृष्ट) समासान्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘touched by time/fate’

• तथा: so / likewise
• तथा: Upamana (Comparison)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: तुल्यतावाचक-अव्यय (so/thus)

• कृष्णे: in/with respect to Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्णे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular

• पतितः: fell / fallen
• पतितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पत् (धातु) → पतित (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘fallen’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• नराधिप: O king
• नराधिप: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नराधिप (प्रातिपदिक; नर + अधिप)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Vocative singular

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced: Āvantya Khaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: narādhipa (explicitly addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A didactic tableau: the Dānava is compared to deer falling into a hunter’s great trap; visually, the forest becomes a metaphorical snare, while an unseen Kṛṣṇa’s design is implied as the true net of fate.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The verse warns how beings, driven by kāla and desire, can be trapped like prey; it encourages prudence and dharmic restraint.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Revā-kṣetra (Narmadā region) as the narrative stage for dharma-teaching through vivid analogies.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual instruction is given here.