Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

अश्वसंदर्शनात्ताभ्यां कलिरूपं व्यवस्थितम् । प्रभातकाले राजेन्द्र भास्कराकारवर्चसम्

Transliteration

aśvasaṃdarśanāttābhyāṃ kalirūpaṃ vyavasthitam | prabhātakāle rājendra bhāskarākāravarcasam

Translation

À la vue du cheval par ces deux-là, une querelle à la manière de Kali prit forme ; à l’aurore, ô seigneur des rois, rayonnante d’un éclat pareil au soleil.

Word by Word

• अश्व: horse
• अश्व: Sambandha (Genitive in compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषे पूर्वपद (in compound)

• संदर्शनात्: from seeing/appearance
• संदर्शनात्: Hetu (Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संदर्शन (प्रातिपदिक; सम्+दृश्-ल्युट्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी, एकवचन (ablative singular)

• ताभ्याम्: by those two (wives)
• ताभ्याम्: Karta (Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया, द्विवचन (instrumental dual)

• कलिरूपम्: the form of Kali
• कलिरूपम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलि-रूप (प्रातिपदिक; कलि + रूप)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (here nominative as subject)

• व्यवस्थितम्: was established
• व्यवस्थितम्: Kriyā (Predicate participle)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्यवस्था/व्यवस्थित (प्रातिपदिक; वि+अव+स्था-क्त)
• Form: क्त (PPP); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (established/manifest)

• प्रभातकाले: at dawn-time
• प्रभातकाले: Adhikaraṇa (Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभात-काल (प्रातिपदिक; प्रभात + काल)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन (locative singular)

• राजेन्द्र: O king of kings
• राजेन्द्र: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज-इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक; राजन् + इन्द्र)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• भास्कर: sun
• भास्कर: Sambandha (Genitive in compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भास्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषे पूर्वपद (in compound)

• आकार: form/shape
• आकार: Sambandha (Genitive in compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषे मध्यपद (in compound)

• वर्चसम्: splendour
• वर्चसम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्चस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहौ समस्तपदस्य अन्तपद (in compound)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: rājendra (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At dawn, a radiant horse like the sun appears; Vinātā and Kadrū behold it, and the seed of strife forms—an ominous ‘kali-like’ tension amid golden morning light.

Characters & Entities

• Vinātā
• Kadrū

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Conflict can arise from a single perception and the way it is interpreted—Purāṇic narratives warn against impulsive contention.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it is part of an itihāsa embedded in the Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.