Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

रामेण निहतो युद्धे बहुवानरभक्षकः । अमावास्यादिने शोकाऽभ्यवहारो बभूव ह

Transliteration

rāmeṇa nihato yuddhe bahuvānarabhakṣakaḥ | amāvāsyādine śokā'bhyavahāro babhūva ha

Translation

Kẻ ăn thịt nhiều loài khỉ đã bị Rama giết chết trong trận chiến. Vào ngày trăng non, bữa ăn diễn ra trong nỗi bi thương.

Word by Word

• रामेण: by Rama
• रामेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Instrumental (3rd), Singular

• निहतः: was slain
• निहतः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + हन् (धातु) → निहत (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Past passive participle, Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• युद्धे: in battle
• युद्धे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Locative (7th), Singular

• बहुवानरभक्षकः: devourer of many monkeys
• बहुवानरभक्षकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक) + वानर (प्रातिपदिक) + भक्षक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/उपपद-समास: ‘बहूनां वानराणां भक्षकः’

• अमावास्या: on the new-moon day
• अमावास्या: Kala-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमावास्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Feminine, Locative (7th), Singular (तिथिः)

• दिने: on the day
• दिने: Kala-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Neuter, Locative (7th), Singular

• शोक: grief
• शोक: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular; (समासपूर्वपद)

• अभ्यवहारः: eating/consumption
• अभ्यवहारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभ्यवहार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative (1st), Singular

• बभूव: became/occurred
• बभूव: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Perfect, 3rd person, Singular, Active voice

• ह: indeed
• ह: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, पदपूरण/निपात — Indeclinable particle (emphatic/filler)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced; not explicit in snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma stands after slaying the monkey-devourer; the battlefield quiets. On amāvāsyā, Laṅkā’s rākṣasas eat in grief—faces downcast, lamps dim, moonless sky heavy.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Vānara (monkey troops)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cruelty that feeds on the righteous is cut down; grief follows adharma’s collapse, showing the karmic shadow even amid worldly feasting.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is praised in this verse; it is a war-episode detail within Dharmāraṇyakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; amāvāsyā is referenced as a date marker, not as an injunction here.