Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

चक्रुस्ते सकलामुर्वी मांसशोणितकर्दमाम् । महीं वृक्षाद्रिसंयुक्तां ससागरवनाकराम्

Transliteration

cakruste sakalāmurvī māṃsaśoṇitakardamām | mahīṃ vṛkṣādrisaṃyuktāṃ sasāgaravanākarām

Translation

Ils changèrent la terre entière en bourbier de chair et de sang—ce monde même avec ses arbres et ses montagnes, ses océans, ses forêts et ses mines.

Word by Word

• cakruḥ: made
• cakruḥ: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ) (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्शभूत/परफेक्ट), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन — perfect, 3rd person plural

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्) (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — pronoun, nominative plural

• sakalām: entire
• sakalām: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sakala (सकल) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — feminine accusative singular; qualifies urvīm

• urvīm: earth
• urvīm: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: urvī (उर्वी) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — feminine accusative singular

• māṃsa-śoṇita-kardamām: muddy with flesh and blood
• māṃsa-śoṇita-kardamām: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: māṃsa (मांस) + śoṇita (शोणित) + kardama (कर्दम) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — feminine accusative singular; 'having mud of flesh and blood' (बहुव्रीह्यर्थे विशेषणवत्)

• mahīm: the earth
• mahīm: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahī (मही) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — feminine accusative singular; apposition to urvīm

• vṛkṣa-adri-saṃyuktām: connected with trees and mountains
• vṛkṣa-adri-saṃyuktām: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vṛkṣa (वृक्ष) + adri (अद्रि) + saṃyukta (संयुक्त) < sam-√yuj (युज्) (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — past participle used adjectivally; 'joined with trees and mountains'

• sa-sāgara-vana-ākarām: with oceans, forests, and mines
• sa-sāgara-vana-ākarām: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (स) + sāgara (सागर) + vana (वन) + ākara (आकर) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — feminine accusative singular; 'together with oceans, forests, and mines/regions'

Speaker

Lomaśa (contextual narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A panoramic vision of the whole world turned into a gruesome mire—blood and flesh pooling across plains; trees and mountains stand amid red-brown sludge; oceans and forests appear darkened, as if the planet itself is wounded.

Characters & Entities

• Earth (Urvī/Mahī)
• Sāgara (oceans)
• Vana (forests)
• Ākara (mines)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

War driven by adharma scars the whole world; the Purāṇas warn that violence spreads suffering across creation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named; the verse magnifies the scale of the Kedārakhaṇḍa battle across the world.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.