Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 75
Devanagari script
क्षरंत इव मातंगाः स्रवंत इव पर्वताः । मदेन धातुरागेण मिश्रैः शुशुभिरे गणाः
Transliteration
kṣaraṃta iva mātaṃgāḥ sravaṃta iva parvatāḥ | madena dhāturāgeṇa miśraiḥ śuśubhire gaṇāḥ
Translation
গণসমূহ উজ্জ্বল হৈ উঠিল—যেন মদমত্ত হাতীৰ মদৰস ঝৰে, যেন পৰ্বতৰ পৰা ধাৰা ৰিসে; মদ আৰু ধাতুৰ ৰক্তিম ৰঙ মিহলি লেপেৰে তেওঁলোক শোভিত হ’ল।
Word by Word
क्षरन्तः(they) dripping/oozing
क्षरन्तः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootक्षर् (धातु)
Formवर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Present active participle, शतृ), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगः
इवlike, as if
इव:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/उपमा)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (अव्यय)
Formउपमा-अव्यय (particle of comparison)
मातङ्गाःelephants
मातङ्गाः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमातङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन
स्रवन्तःflowing
स्रवन्तः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootस्रु (धातु)
Formवर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Present active participle, शतृ), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; कर्तरि
इवlike
इव:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/उपमा)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (अव्यय)
Formउपमा-अव्यय (particle of comparison)
पर्वताःmountains
पर्वताः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन
मदेनwith/through rut, intoxication
मदेन:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootमद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन
धातुरागेणwith mineral-red pigment
धातुरागेण:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootधातु (प्रातिपदिक) + राग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (Genitive tatpuruṣa: धातोः रागः), पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन
मिश्रैःmixed (with)
मिश्रैः:
Karana (करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमिश्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying)
शुशुभिरेshone, appeared splendid
शुशुभिरे:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootशुभ् (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन, परस्मैपदम्
गणाःthe troops/gaṇas
गणाः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootगण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन
Speaker
Narrator (Kāśīkhaṇḍa narration traditionally Skanda → Agastya)
Characters & Entities
G
GaṇaFAQs
The Purāṇa uses nature-similes to convey the overwhelming, world-like force of divine attendants, suggesting that cosmic order expresses itself even through fierce forms.
Within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī framework, but this verse is not a direct description of a tīrtha.
None.