Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 9
Devanagari script
भल्लैर्वेतसपत्रैश्च शुकतुंडैश्च निर्मलैः । वृष्टिभिश्चाद्भुताकारैर्गगनं समपद्यत
Transliteration
bhallairvetasapatraiśca śukatuṃḍaiśca nirmalaiḥ | vṛṣṭibhiścādbhutākārairgaganaṃ samapadyata
Translation
وبسهام «بهلّا»، وبسهامٍ ذات سيقان كأوراق القصب، وبسهامٍ نقية تُسمّى «منقار الببغاء»، ومع وابلٍ عجيب الهيئة يهطل، امتلأ الفضاء نفسه حتى كأنه قد استُولي عليه.
Word by Word
भल्लैःwith arrows/darts
भल्लैः:
Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootभल्ल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन — Masculine, Instrumental (3rd), Plural
वेतसपत्रैःwith willow-leaves
वेतसपत्रैः:
Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootवेतस (प्रातिपदिक) + पत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन — Neuter, Instrumental (3rd), Plural; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (वेतसस्य पत्राणि)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
शुकतुंडैःwith parrot-beaks
शुकतुंडैः:
Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootशुक (प्रातिपदिक) + तुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन — Neuter, Instrumental (3rd), Plural; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (शुकस्य तुण्डानि)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
निर्मलैःpure/clean
निर्मलैः:
Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootनिर्मल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन — Neuter, Instrumental (3rd), Plural; विशेषण (qualifying the instruments)
वृष्टिभिःwith showers/rains
वृष्टिभिः:
Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootवृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन — Feminine, Instrumental (3rd), Plural
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
अद्भुताकारैःwith wondrous forms
अद्भुताकारैः:
Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअद्भुत (प्रातिपदिक) + आकार (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन — Masculine, Instrumental (3rd), Plural; कर्मधारय (अद्भुतः आकारः यस्य)
गगनम्the sky
गगनम्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootगगन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular
समपद्यतbecame/turned into
समपद्यत:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + √पद् (धातु)
Formलङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — Imperfect, 3rd person, Singular; आत्मनेपद
Speaker
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A vast sky choked with layered arrow-rain: bhalla arrows, reed-leaf shafts, and ‘parrot-beak’ (śukatuṇḍa) arrows, forming patterned, wondrous volleys that seem to seize the firmament.
Characters & Entities
B
BhallaFAQs
When violence intensifies, even the heavens seem obscured—symbolizing how adharma darkens perception.
No holy site appears in this verse.
None.