Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 50
Devanagari script
पिपिषुर्गदया केचित्कोचिन्मुद्गरवृष्टिभिः । केचित्प्रासप्रहारैश्च ताडयामासुरुद्धताः
Transliteration
pipiṣurgadayā kecitkocinmudgaravṛṣṭibhiḥ | kecitprāsaprahāraiśca tāḍayāmāsuruddhatāḥ
Translation
ചിലർ ഗദകൊണ്ട് ചതച്ചു; ചിലർ മുദ്ഗരവൃഷ്ടിയാൽ അടിച്ചു. മറ്റുചിലർ ഉദ്ധതരായി പ്രാസപ്രഹാരങ്ങളാൽ പ്രഹരിച്ചു.
Word by Word
पिपिषुःpounded/crushed
पिपिषुः:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootपिष् (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन
गदयाwith a mace
गदया:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootगदा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन
केचित्some (people)
केचित्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootक (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + चित् (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; अनिश्चित-सर्वनाम
कोचिन्someone (a certain one)
कोचिन्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootक (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + चित् (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; अनिश्चित-सर्वनाम (kocit)
मुद्गरवृष्टिभिःwith showers of hammers/clubs
मुद्गरवृष्टिभिः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootमुद्गर (प्रातिपदिक) + वृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन
केचित्some (others)
केचित्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootक (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + चित् (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; अनिश्चित-सर्वनाम
प्रासप्रहारैःwith spear-thrusts
प्रासप्रहारैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रास (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रहार (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)
ताडयामासुःstruck/beat
ताडयामासुः:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootताड् (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्
उद्धताःfierce/arrogant
उद्धताः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootउद्धत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (केचित्)
Speaker
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Close-quarters melee: fighters swing heavy clubs and maces in repeated arcs like a shower; spearpoints flash as furious combatants thrust forward, bodies recoiling under impacts.
Characters & Entities
G
Gadā (club)M
Mudgara (mace)P
Prāsa (spear)FAQs
Unchecked pride (uddhata) drives violence; the narrative warns that arrogance fuels destruction and leads to downfall.
No tīrtha is mentioned.
None.