Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

शरतोमरनागचैर्जघ्नुस्ते च परस्परम् । नेदुःशंखाश्च बहुशस्तस्मिन्रणमहोत्सवे

Transliteration

śaratomaranāgacairjaghnuste ca parasparam | neduḥśaṃkhāśca bahuśastasminraṇamahotsave

Translation

તેઓ પરસ્પર તીરો, તોમરો અને હાથીઓથી પ્રહાર કરવા લાગ્યા; અને તે મહારણોત્સવમાં શંખો વારંવાર ગર્જ્યા।

Word by Word

• शर: with arrows
• शर: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन (समाहार-तृतीया in list)

• तोमर: with javelins
• तोमर: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोमर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन (समाहार)

• नाग: with elephants
• नाग: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन (समाहार)

• चैः: and
• चैः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• जघ्नुः: slew/struck down
• जघ्नुः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• परस्परम्: mutually
• परस्परम्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परस्परम् (अव्यय)
• Form: परस्पर-अव्यय (reciprocal adverb)

• नेदुः: resounded
• नेदुः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नद् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• शंखाः: conches
• शंखाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• बहुशः: many times
• बहुशः: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बहुशः (अव्यय)
• Form: आवृत्तिवाचक/प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (repeatedly/many times)

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• रणमहोत्सवे: in the great festival of battle
• रणमहोत्सवे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रणमहोत्सव (प्रातिपदिक; रण+महोत्सव)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (रणः एव महोत्सवः), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

Speaker

Lomaśa (narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dense melee: arrows streak, spears fly, elephants charge; conches blare repeatedly, turning the battlefield into a roaring, almost ceremonial panorama.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkha (conch)
• Nāga (elephants)
• Gaṇa
• Sura (gods)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇic narrative portrays how cosmic order can appear turbulent; it implicitly urges seekers to choose refuge in Īśvara over violent contention.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader textual home is Kedāra Khaṇḍa (Kedārakṣetra), but the verse is a battle-description rather than a tīrtha-glorification.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it describes martial instruments and the sounding of conches during battle.