Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 69
Devanagari script
गात्राण्यसुरसैन्यानामदह्यंत समंततः । व्यथिता दानवाः सर्वे सीतच्छादितपौरुषाः
Transliteration
gātrāṇyasurasainyānāmadahyaṃta samaṃtataḥ | vyathitā dānavāḥ sarve sītacchāditapauruṣāḥ
Translation
The limbs of the armies of asuras were scorched on every side. All the dānavas were tormented— their valor smothered beneath the freezing cold.
Word by Word
गात्राणिlimbs/bodies
गात्राणि:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootगात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन
असुर-सैन्यानाम्of the demon-armies
असुर-सैन्यानाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअसुर (प्रातिपदिक) + सैन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (असुराणां सैन्यानि)
अदह्यन्तwere not burning / did not burn
अदह्यन्त:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√दह् (धातु)
Formलङ् (Imperfect/past), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; नकारार्थे अ- (निषेध/असमर्थता) = were not burning / could not be burnt
समन्ततःon all sides
समन्ततः:
Desha (Adverbial/देश)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसमन्ततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (on all sides)
व्यथिताःdistressed/afflicted
व्यथिताः:
Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Root√व्यथ् (धातु) → व्यथित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त), विशेषण (दानवाः)
दानवाःdemons (Dānavas)
दानवाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदानव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन
सर्वेall
सर्वे:
Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण (दानवाः)
सीत-च्छादित-पौरुषाःwhose valor was covered by cold (i.e., numbed)
सीत-च्छादित-पौरुषाः:
Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसीत (प्रातिपदिक) + छादित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √छद्) + पौरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (सीतेन छादितं पौरुषं येषाम्) बहुव्रीह्यर्थे विशेषण (दानवाः)
Speaker
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Asura troops are simultaneously ‘scorched’ and frozen—limbs burning in pain while their courage is blanketed by icy cold; the battlefield becomes a white-blue tormenting storm.
Characters & Entities
A
AsurasD
DānavasFAQs
Arrogant strength collapses when divine law acts; adharma’s ‘valor’ is ultimately unsustainable.
None; it is a description of the asura host being subdued.
None.