Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

हस्त्यश्वरथपत्त्योघैः पूरयन्वै दिशो दश । तत्र तेन महद्युद्धं प्रवृत्तं किल भारत

Transliteration

hastyaśvarathapattyoghaiḥ pūrayanvai diśo daśa | tatra tena mahadyuddhaṃ pravṛttaṃ kila bhārata

Translation

हत्ती, घोडे, रथ आणि पायदळ यांच्या लोंढ्यांनी दहा दिशा भरून गेल्या; हे भारत, त्याच्यामुळे तेथे महायुद्ध सुरू झाले।

Word by Word

• हस्ति-अश्व-रथ-पत्ति-ओघैः: with hosts of elephants, horses, chariots and infantry
• हस्ति-अश्व-रथ-पत्ति-ओघैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हस्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + अश्व (प्रातिपदिक) + रथ (प्रातिपदिक) + पत्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + ओघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन — समाहार/सम्बन्ध-तत्पुरुष: 'हस्त्यादीनां ओघैः' (with masses of elephants, horses, chariots, foot-soldiers)

• पूरयन्: filling
• पूरयन्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूरय् (धातु, √पॄ/पूर् caus.)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमान कृदन्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — कर्तृसामानाधिकरण (with implied subject)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/एवकारार्थ) — emphasis/indeed

• दिशः: directions
• दिशः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिश् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन — object of पूरयन्

• दश: ten
• दश: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दशन्/दश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: (संख्याविशेषण) — द्वितीया, बहुवचन; दिशः इति विशेषणम्

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) — 'there'

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन — 'by/with him/that'

• महत्-युद्धम्: a great battle
• महत्-युद्धम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक) + युद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — कर्मधारय: 'महद् युद्धम्'

• प्रवृत्तम्: began, commenced
• प्रवृत्तम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वृत्त (कृदन्त, √वृत्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — 'arose/began' (finite sense)

• किल: it is said, indeed
• किल: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किल (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात) — reportative/indeed

• भारत: O Bhārata
• भारत: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन — vocative

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) [deduced]

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā tīrtha region

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vast fourfold army surges in, so numerous it seems to fill all ten directions; dust clouds rise as the great battle begins.

Characters & Entities

• Ruru (implied)
• Bhārata (addressee)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When adharma intrudes, conflict arises; the Purāṇic frame presents battle as a defense of cosmic order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None is named in this verse; it is a martial description within the Revā-khaṇḍa narrative context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; it describes the outbreak of war around an ongoing sacred event.