Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

चक्रुस्ते सकलामुर्वी मांसशोणितकर्दमाम् । महीं वृक्षाद्रिसंयुक्तां ससागरवनाकराम्

Transliteration

cakruste sakalāmurvī māṃsaśoṇitakardamām | mahīṃ vṛkṣādrisaṃyuktāṃ sasāgaravanākarām

Translation

وجعلوا الأرض كلَّها وحلًا من اللحم والدم—هذه الدنيا بما فيها من أشجارٍ وجبال، وبحارٍ وغاباتٍ ومناجم.

Word by Word

• cakruḥ: made
• cakruḥ: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ) (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्शभूत/परफेक्ट), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन — perfect, 3rd person plural

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्) (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — pronoun, nominative plural

• sakalām: entire
• sakalām: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sakala (सकल) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — feminine accusative singular; qualifies urvīm

• urvīm: earth
• urvīm: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: urvī (उर्वी) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — feminine accusative singular

• māṃsa-śoṇita-kardamām: muddy with flesh and blood
• māṃsa-śoṇita-kardamām: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: māṃsa (मांस) + śoṇita (शोणित) + kardama (कर्दम) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — feminine accusative singular; 'having mud of flesh and blood' (बहुव्रीह्यर्थे विशेषणवत्)

• mahīm: the earth
• mahīm: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahī (मही) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — feminine accusative singular; apposition to urvīm

• vṛkṣa-adri-saṃyuktām: connected with trees and mountains
• vṛkṣa-adri-saṃyuktām: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vṛkṣa (वृक्ष) + adri (अद्रि) + saṃyukta (संयुक्त) < sam-√yuj (युज्) (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — past participle used adjectivally; 'joined with trees and mountains'

• sa-sāgara-vana-ākarām: with oceans, forests, and mines
• sa-sāgara-vana-ākarām: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (स) + sāgara (सागर) + vana (वन) + ākara (आकर) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — feminine accusative singular; 'together with oceans, forests, and mines/regions'

Speaker

Lomaśa (contextual narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A panoramic vision of the whole world turned into a gruesome mire—blood and flesh pooling across plains; trees and mountains stand amid red-brown sludge; oceans and forests appear darkened, as if the planet itself is wounded.

Characters & Entities

• Earth (Urvī/Mahī)
• Sāgara (oceans)
• Vana (forests)
• Ākara (mines)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

War driven by adharma scars the whole world; the Purāṇas warn that violence spreads suffering across creation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named; the verse magnifies the scale of the Kedārakhaṇḍa battle across the world.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.