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

他们环绕着他，如群鸟围绕果实累累之树——当那伟大的塔罗迦，狄蒂之后裔，已稳固地立于王权之位。

Word by Word

• parivavruḥ: surrounded
• parivavruḥ: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari + √vṛ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन, परस्मैपदम्; परि-उपसर्गः; अर्थः—परिवव्रुः (surrounded/encircled)

• phala-ākīrṇam: laden with fruits
• phala-ākīrṇam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक) + ākīrṇa (कृदन्त; ā+√kṝ/√kīr)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—फलैः आकीर्णम् (covered/filled with fruits)

• vṛkṣam: tree
• vṛkṣam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛkṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• śakunayaḥ: birds
• śakunayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakuni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन

• yathā: as
• yathā: Sambandha (Comparison/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमावाचक-अव्ययम् (as/like)

• tasmin: in him/there
• tasmin: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• mahati: great
• mahati: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• rājya-sthe: established in sovereignty
• rājya-sthe: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rājya (प्रातिपदिक) + stha (कृदन्त; √sthā)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—राज्ये स्थिते (situated in kingship/established in the kingdom)

• tārake: in Tāraka
• tārake: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tāraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; विशेष्यः—तारकः (Tāraka)

• diti-nandane: (who is) Diti’s son
• diti-nandane: Adhikaraṇa (Apposition/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: diti (प्रातिपदिक) + nandana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, 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

• Tāraka
• Diti
• Daityeśvaras

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly power attracts followers swiftly, like fruit draws birds; Purāṇic dharma cautions that such gatherings often depend on prosperity, not virtue.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; this verse is a political-cosmic scene-setting rather than a tīrtha-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.