Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 7
Devanagari script
कुबेरः पुष्पकारूढो मृगाऽरूढोऽथ मारुतः । बस्ताऽरूढः पावकश्च प्रेताऽरूढोऽथ निरृति
Transliteration
kuberaḥ puṣpakārūḍho mṛgā'rūḍho'tha mārutaḥ | bastā'rūḍhaḥ pāvakaśca pretā'rūḍho'tha nirṛti
Translation
Kubera datang menaiki Puṣpaka; Māruta (Vāyu) datang menunggang seekor rusa. Pāvaka (Agni) datang menunggang kambing, dan Nirṛti datang menunggang preta, makhluk roh yang menyeramkan.
Word by Word
कुबेरःKubera
कुबेरः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकुबेर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
पुष्पक-आरूढःmounted on Puṣpaka (the aerial car)
पुष्पक-आरूढः:
Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपुष्पक (प्रातिपदिक) + आरूढ (कृदन्त; √रुह् (धातु) उपसर्ग-आ)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कृदन्त-भूतकृदन्त/क्त (past passive participle), ‘पुष्पके आरूढः’ (locative-tatpurusha sense)
मृग-आरूढःmounted on a deer
मृग-आरूढः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootमृग (प्रातिपदिक) + आरूढ (कृदन्त; √रुह् (धातु) उपसर्ग-आ)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कृदन्त-क्त; ‘मृगे आरूढः’
अथthen/and
अथ:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अनुक्रम/समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (particle: then/and)
मारुतःVāyu (the Wind-god)
मारुतः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमारुत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
बस्त-आरूढःmounted on a he-goat
बस्त-आरूढः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootबस्त (प्रातिपदिक) + आरूढ (कृदन्त; √रुह् (धातु) उपसर्ग-आ)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कृदन्त-क्त; ‘बस्ते आरूढः’
पावकःAgni (Fire)
पावकः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपावक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction: and)
प्रेत-आरूढःmounted on a preta (ghostly being)
प्रेत-आरूढः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रेत (प्रातिपदिक) + आरूढ (कृदन्त; √रुह् (धातु) उपसर्ग-आ)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कृदन्त-क्त; ‘प्रेते आरूढः’
अथthen/and
अथ:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अनुक्रम/समुच्चयार्थक-निपात
निरृतिNirṛti (goddess of dissolution/southwest)
निरृति:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनिरृति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
Speaker
Lomaśa (continuing narration)
Characters & Entities
K
KuberaP
PuṣpakaM
Māruta (Vāyu)P
Pāvaka (Agni)N
NirṛtiP
PretaFAQs
Purāṇic narration uses vivid divine imagery to convey the extraordinary sanctity and grandeur of the gathering.
The scene is within Kedārakhaṇḍa’s sacred region; this verse primarily provides descriptive details of the arriving deities.
None; it is descriptive (who arrived and on what mounts).