Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 27
Devanagari script
यमस्तेन प्रहारेण सुस्राव रुधिरं मुखात् । अतिगाढ प्रहारार्त्तः कृतांतोमूर्छितोऽभवत्
Transliteration
yamastena prahāreṇa susrāva rudhiraṃ mukhāt | atigāḍha prahārārttaḥ kṛtāṃtomūrchito'bhavat
Translation
ਉਸ ਸੱਟ ਕਾਰਨ ਯਮਰਾਜ ਦੇ ਮੂੰਹ ਵਿੱਚੋਂ ਖੂਨ ਵਗਣ ਲੱਗਾ। ਉਸ ਭਾਰੀ ਸੱਟ ਤੋਂ ਦੁਖੀ ਹੋ ਕੇ, ਕ੍ਰਿਤਾਂਤ (ਯਮ) ਬੇਹੋਸ਼ ਹੋ ਗਏ।
Word by Word
यमःYama
यमः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
तेनby that
तेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन
प्रहारेणby the blow
प्रहारेण:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रहार (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन
सुस्रावflowed out
सुस्राव:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√स्रु (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्
रुधिरम्blood
रुधिरम्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootरुधिर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
मुखात्from the mouth
मुखात्:
Apadana (Source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootमुख (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Ablative/5th), एकवचन
अतिगाढexceedingly severe
अतिगाढ:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअति + गाढ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (used adjectivally with प्रहारार्त्तः); समासः: अति (अव्यय) + गाढ (अव्ययीभावः)
प्रहारार्त्तःpained by the blow
प्रहारार्त्तः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रहार + आर्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः: प्रहारेण आर्तः (तृतीया-तत्पुरुषः)
कृतान्तःKṛtānta (Death)
कृतान्तः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकृतान्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (epithet of Yama)
मूर्छितःfainted
मूर्छितः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमूर्छित (√मूर्छ् + क्त, कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त
अभवत्became
अभवत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√भू (धातु)
Formलङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्
Speaker
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Yama, struck hard, spits blood from his mouth; his eyes dim and his body slackens into a swoon—an astonishing sight on the battlefield as even Death staggers.
Characters & Entities
Y
YamaK
KṛtāntaJ
JambhaFAQs
Even the personification of death is depicted within narrative vulnerability, teaching that all manifested roles operate within a larger divine order and time-cycle.
No holy site is referenced.
None.