Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 21
Devanagari script
एकदा मृगयाकेलिलोलुपः स महीपतिः । विवेश गह्वरं घोरं बलेन महतावृतः
Transliteration
ekadā mṛgayākelilolupaḥ sa mahīpatiḥ | viveśa gahvaraṃ ghoraṃ balena mahatāvṛtaḥ
Translation
有一次，那位国王贪恋狩猎之乐，率领大军，进入那如洞窟般幽深可怖的密林之中。
Word by Word
एकदाonce
एकदा:
Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएकदा (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक अव्यय (temporal adverb)
मृगयाकेलिलोलुपःgreedy for the sport of hunting
मृगयाकेलिलोलुपः:
Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमृगया (प्रातिपदिक) + केलि (प्रातिपदिक) + लोलुप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसमासः (तत्पुरुष): मृगयायाः केल्यां लोलुपः; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; (eager for sport of hunting)
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; (he)
महीपतिःthe king
महीपतिः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमही (प्रातिपदिक) + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसमासः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष): मह्याः पतिः; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; (king)
विवेशentered
विवेश:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवि-विश् (धातु)
Formलिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; (entered)
गह्वरम्a cave/gorge
गह्वरम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootगह्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; (cave/gorge)
घोरम्terrible
घोरम्:
Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootघोर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; (terrible), गह्वरम्-विशेषण
बलेनwith strength
बलेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootबल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; (with force/strength)
महतāgreat
महतā:
Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; बल-विशेषण (by great...)
आवृतःsurrounded
आवृतः:
Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootआ-वृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; (surrounded/covered)
Speaker
Narrator (not specified in the excerpt; likely the Purāṇic narrator within Brāhma Khaṇḍa)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A king on a chariot with bow, surrounded by soldiers and hunters, entering a dark, cavernous forest corridor; twisted trees, rocky overhangs like a cave-mouth, ominous shadows.
Characters & Entities
M
mahīpati (king)B
bala (army/retinue)FAQs
Attachment to thrill and sport can draw even the powerful into peril; Purāṇic narratives often use such turns to introduce moral consequence.
No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse; it sets the scene in a frightening forest region.
None; it is narrative scene-setting.