Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 84
Devanagari script
तैश्च भग्नानि सर्वाणि गंधर्वनगराणि च । अथोग्रैक प्रहारेण रथमश्वं गजं सुरम्
Transliteration
taiśca bhagnāni sarvāṇi gaṃdharvanagarāṇi ca | athograika prahāreṇa rathamaśvaṃ gajaṃ suram
Translation
Par ces massues, toutes les cités des Gandharvas furent elles aussi brisées. Puis, d’un seul coup farouche, chars, chevaux, éléphants et guerriers furent terrassés.
Word by Word
तैःby them; with those
तैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; करण
चand
च:
Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (समुच्चय)
भग्नानिbroken; shattered
भग्नानि:
Kriya (Predicative complement/विधेय)
TypeVerb
Rootभञ्ज् (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्यय (भूतकृदन्त/Past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विधेय
सर्वाणिall
सर्वाणि:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण (नगराणि)
गन्धर्व-नगराणिcities of the Gandharvas
गन्धर्व-नगराणि:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootगन्धर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + नगर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; कर्तृपद (भग्नानि)
चalso/and
च:
Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (समुच्चय)
अथthen
अथ:
Adhikarana (Discourse marker/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय — 'then'
उग्र-एक-प्रहारेणwith one fierce blow
उग्र-एक-प्रहारेण:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootउग्र (प्रातिपदिक) + एक (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या) + प्रहार (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करण (चूर्णयामास—अगले श्लोके निहित क्रिया)
रथम्chariot
रथम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootरथ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म (निहित क्रिया)
अश्वम्horse
अश्वम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म
गजम्elephant
गजम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootगज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म
सुरम्a god; deva
सुरम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootसुर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म
Speaker
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced for Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A rain of clubs smashes ornate aerial Gandharva cities; in the foreground a single crushing strike fells chariots, horses, elephants, and warriors in one sweeping arc.
Characters & Entities
G
Gandharva-nagaraFAQs
Illusion and grandeur collapse before overwhelming force; worldly power is unstable and quickly ruined.
None; the verse is martial narrative, not tīrtha-māhātmya.
None.