Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

दंतिनामयुतं चैव घंटाभरणशोभितम् । सहस्राणि च चत्वारि रथानां वातरंहसाम्

Transliteration

daṃtināmayutaṃ caiva ghaṃṭābharaṇaśobhitam | sahasrāṇi ca catvāri rathānāṃ vātaraṃhasām

Translation

Et dix mille éléphants, resplendissants d’ornements de clochettes ; et quatre mille chars de guerre, rapides comme le vent.

Word by Word

• दंतिनाम्: of elephants
• दंतिनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दन्तिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, षष्ठी विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

• अयुतम्: ten thousand
• अयुतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अयुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; संख्यावाचक-नाम

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; अवधारणार्थक-निपात

• घंटा-आभरण-शोभितम्: adorned with bell-ornaments
• घंटा-आभरण-शोभितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घण्टा-आभरण-शोभित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; घण्टा + आभरण + शोभित)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (अयुतम्)

• सहस्राणि: thousands
• सहस्राणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया/प्रथमा विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; संख्यावाचक-नाम (here: count)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात

• चत्वारि: four
• चत्वारि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; संख्यावाचक-विशेषणम् (सहस्राणि)

• रथानाम्: of chariots
• रथानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, षष्ठी विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

• वात-रंहसाम्: of wind-swift (ones)
• वात-रंहसाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वात-रंहस् (प्रातिपदिक; वात + रंहस्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, षष्ठी विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (रथानाम्)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa māhātmya narration context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa Kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast ceremonial ground: ten thousand elephants adorned with bell-ornaments stand in formation; four thousand chariots gleam, poised like the wind. Priests chant blessings as gifts are formally transferred amid resonant bell sounds.

Characters & Entities

• Dāna
• Elephants
• Chariots

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When rulers or patrons uphold yajña, their resources become instruments of dharma through charitable distribution.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, presented as the setting for meritorious yajña and dāna.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offering elephants and swift chariots as part of the sacrificial gifting program.