Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

ततः प्रासाशनिगदाभिंडिपालपरश्वधैः । शक्तिभिः पट्टिशैः शूलैर्मुद्गरैः कणयैर्गुडैः

Transliteration

tataḥ prāsāśanigadābhiṃḍipālaparaśvadhaiḥ | śaktibhiḥ paṭṭiśaiḥ śūlairmudgaraiḥ kaṇayairguḍaiḥ

Translation

Then, with spears, swords, maces, bhindipālas, axes, javelins, battle-axes, tridents, hammers, and heavy missiles, they struck at one another in relentless assault.

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereupon
• ततः: Adhikarana (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: देश/काल-निर्देशक-अव्ययम् (thereupon/then)

• प्रासैः: with spears
• प्रासैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया-विभक्तिः (करण), बहुवचनम्

• अशनिगदाभिः: with thunderbolts and maces
• अशनिगदाभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अशनि (प्रातिपदिक) + गदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे तृतीया-विभक्तिः (करण), बहुवचनम्; द्वन्द्वः (अशनयः च गदाः च)

• भिण्डिपालैः: with bhindipāla weapons (javelins)
• भिण्डिपालैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भिण्डिपाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया-विभक्तिः (करण), बहुवचनम्

• परश्वधैः: with axes
• परश्वधैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परश्वध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया-विभक्तिः (करण), बहुवचनम्

• शक्तिभिः: with lances/spears
• शक्तिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे तृतीया-विभक्तिः (करण), बहुवचनम्

• पट्टिशैः: with battle-axes/hatchets
• पट्टिशैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पट्टिश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया-विभक्तिः (करण), बहुवचनम्

• शूलैः: with tridents/spikes
• शूलैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे तृतीया-विभक्तिः (करण), बहुवचनम्

• मुद्गरैः: with clubs/hammers
• मुद्गरैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुद्गर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया-विभक्तिः (करण), बहुवचनम्

• कणयैः: with barbed darts/points (kaṇaya)
• कणयैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कणय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया-विभक्तिः (करण), बहुवचनम्

• गुडैः: with maces/bullets (guḍa as weapon)
• गुडैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया-विभक्तिः (करण), बहुवचनम्

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A storm of weapons: spears thrust, swords flash, maces swing, bhindipālas and axes arc through the air, tridents and hammers descend; the frame is crowded with diagonals and impact points.

Characters & Entities

• Prāsa
• Asi
• Gadā
• Bhiṇḍipāla
• Paraśvadha
• Śakti
• Paṭṭiśa
• Śūla
• Mudgara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When hostility rules, intelligence is spent on instruments of harm rather than on dharmic restraint and reconciliation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned; the focus is on the battle’s weaponry.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.