Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 69
Devanagari script
गात्राण्यसुरसैन्यानामदह्यंत समंततः । व्यथिता दानवाः सर्वे सीतच्छादितपौरुषाः
Transliteration
gātrāṇyasurasainyānāmadahyaṃta samaṃtataḥ | vyathitā dānavāḥ sarve sītacchāditapauruṣāḥ
Translation
ਅਸੁਰ ਸੈਨਾਵਾਂ ਦੇ ਅੰਗ ਹਰ ਪਾਸੇ ਤੋਂ ਸੜਨ ਲੱਗੇ। ਸਾਰੇ ਦਾਨਵ ਪੀੜਤ ਹੋ ਗਏ—ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੀ ਵੀਰਤਾ ਜਮਾਉਂਦੀ ਠੰਢ ਹੇਠ ਦਬ ਗਈ।
Word by Word
गात्राणिlimbs/bodies
गात्राणि:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootगात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन
असुर-सैन्यानाम्of the demon-armies
असुर-सैन्यानाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootअसुर (प्रातिपदिक) + सैन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (असुराणां सैन्यानि)
अदह्यन्तwere not burning / did not burn
अदह्यन्त:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√दह् (धातु)
Formलङ् (Imperfect/past), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; नकारार्थे अ- (निषेध/असमर्थता) = were not burning / could not be burnt
समन्ततःon all sides
समन्ततः:
Desha (Adverbial/देश)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसमन्ततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (on all sides)
व्यथिताःdistressed/afflicted
व्यथिताः:
Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Root√व्यथ् (धातु) → व्यथित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त), विशेषण (दानवाः)
दानवाःdemons (Dānavas)
दानवाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदानव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन
सर्वेall
सर्वे:
Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण (दानवाः)
सीत-च्छादित-पौरुषाःwhose valor was covered by cold (i.e., numbed)
सीत-च्छादित-पौरुषाः:
Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसीत (प्रातिपदिक) + छादित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √छद्) + पौरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (सीतेन छादितं पौरुषं येषाम्) बहुव्रीह्यर्थे विशेषण (दानवाः)
Speaker
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Asura troops are simultaneously ‘scorched’ and frozen—limbs burning in pain while their courage is blanketed by icy cold; the battlefield becomes a white-blue tormenting storm.
Characters & Entities
A
AsurasD
DānavasFAQs
Arrogant strength collapses when divine law acts; adharma’s ‘valor’ is ultimately unsustainable.
None; it is a description of the asura host being subdued.
None.