Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

गजानामगलन्मेदः पेतुश्चापि रथा भुवि । तुरंगमाः श्वसंतश्च घर्मार्ता रथिनोपि च

Transliteration

gajānāmagalanmedaḥ petuścāpi rathā bhuvi | turaṃgamāḥ śvasaṃtaśca gharmārtā rathinopi ca

Translation

હાથીઓની ચરબી ગળી ગઈ અને રથો ભૂમિ પર પડી ગયા. ઘોડાઓ હાંફવા લાગ્યા; રથીઓ પણ દહકતી ગરમીથી વ્યાકુળ થયા.

Word by Word

• gajānām: of the elephants
• gajānām: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्, षष्ठी, बहुवचनम्

• agalat: oozed out, flowed
• agalat: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gal (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्

• medaḥ: fat
• medaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: medas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• petuḥ: fell
• petuḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pat (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, बहुवचनम्

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपातः (conjunction)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावना/अपि-कारकः (particle: also/even)

• rathāḥ: chariots
• rathāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ratha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्

• bhuvi: on the ground
• bhuvi: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhū (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गम्, सप्तमी (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचनम्

• turaṃgamāḥ: horses
• turaṃgamāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: turaṃgama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्

• śvasantaḥ: panting
• śvasantaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śvas (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्तः (शतृ), पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (of turaṃgamāḥ)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपातः (conjunction)

• gharma-ārtāḥ: distressed by heat
• gharma-ārtāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gharma (प्रातिपदिक) + ārta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (of turaṃgamāḥ)

• rathinaḥ: charioteers, riders
• rathinaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rathin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गम्, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: particle (also/even)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: conjunction

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A heat-haze battlefield: elephants with melting fat, chariots toppled, horses foaming and panting, charioteers wiping sweat and staggering; the sky glows copper-red.

Characters & Entities

• Bhāskara (Sūrya)
• Elephants
• Horses
• Charioteers

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly strength collapses under overwhelming forces; humility arises when power meets its limit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse describes battlefield devastation from heat.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.