Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

वाय्वग्निद्रव्यसंभूतो रथश्चंद्रसुतस्य च । पिशंगैस्तुरसोष्टाभिर्वायवेगिभिः

Transliteration

vāyvagnidravyasaṃbhūto rathaścaṃdrasutasya ca | piśaṃgaisturasoṣṭābhirvāyavegibhiḥ

Translation

Le char du fils de la Lune (Budha) est formé de substances nées du vent et du feu ; il est tiré par huit chevaux fauves, rapides, se mouvant à la vitesse du vent.

Word by Word

• वाय्वग्निद्रव्यसंभूतः: arisen from substances of wind and fire
• वाय्वग्निद्रव्यसंभूतः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वायु + अग्नि + द्रव्य + सम्भूत (प्रातिपदिक; सम्भूत = √भू + सम्)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास; भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle) ‘सम्भूत’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (रथः)

• रथः: chariot
• रथः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• चन्द्रसुतस्य: of the moon’s son (Budha)
• चन्द्रसुतस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्र + सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (चन्द्रस्य सुतः); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• च: also/and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• पिशङ्गैः: with tawny (ones)
• पिशङ्गैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पिशङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• तुरसोष्टाभिः: with mules and camels
• तुरसोष्टाभिः: Karaṇa (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तुरस + उष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास (तुरस+उष्ट); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• वायवेगिभिः: with wind-swift (ones)
• वायवेगिभिः: Karaṇa (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वायु + वेगिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (वायोः वेगः यस्य); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narration style)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Budha’s chariot, shimmering with wind-and-fire essence—translucent currents and flame-like highlights—races across the sky, drawn by eight tawny horses whose manes stream like gusts.

Characters & Entities

• Candra
• Budha (Mercury)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The cosmos is portrayed as an ordered, divinely-governed system where even planetary motions reflect sacred design.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it belongs to a cosmological description section rather than a place-māhātmya passage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this verse describes Budha’s chariot and its wind-like speed.