Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 70
Devanagari script
अन्येषां च ध्वजास्तत्र नानारूपा बभू रणे । सनागयक्षगंधर्वमहोरगनिशाचरा
Transliteration
anyeṣāṃ ca dhvajāstatra nānārūpā babhū raṇe | sanāgayakṣagaṃdharvamahoraganiśācarā
Translation
उस रणभूमि में अन्य सबके भी ध्वज नाना रूपों वाले थे—नाग, यक्ष, गन्धर्व, महोरग और निशाचर-गणों के।
Word by Word
अन्येषाम्of others
अन्येषाम्:
Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)
ध्वजाःbanners
ध्वजाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootध्वज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)
नानारूपाःof various forms
नानारूपाः:
Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootनाना (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (नानाविधं रूपं येषाम्)
बभूwere/appeared
बभू:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√भू (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (बहुवचनकर्तरि सामूहिकप्रयोगः)
रणेin battle
रणे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootरण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन
सwith
स:
Sambandha (Association)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस (अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश)
Formसह-अर्थक-अव्यय (prefix-like ‘with’)
नागnāgas/elephants/serpents
नाग:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनाग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (समूहग्रहणम्)
यक्षyakṣas
यक्ष:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (समूहग्रहणम्)
गन्धर्वgandharvas
गन्धर्व:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootगन्धर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (समूहग्रहणम्)
महोरगgreat serpents
महोरग:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमहोरग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (समूहग्रहणम्)
निशाचराःnight-wanderers (demons)
निशाचराः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनिशाचर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन
Speaker
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced for Māheśvara Khaṇḍa narration)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A wide battle scene crowded with varied standards: serpent-crested nāga flags, yakṣa totems, gandharva emblems with musical motifs, mahā-uraga coils, and shadowy niśācara banners—each distinct in color and form.
Characters & Entities
N
NāgasY
YakṣasG
GandharvasM
MahoragasN
NiśācarasFAQs
The cosmic struggle involves many orders of beings; dharma is upheld through a vast, interconnected universe.
No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.
None.