Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 37
Devanagari script
तुरङ्गैः स्यन्दनैः कृष्ण संख्या तस्य न विद्यते । नटा नानाविधास्तत्र असंख्यातगुणा हरे
Transliteration
turaṅgaiḥ syandanaiḥ kṛṣṇa saṃkhyā tasya na vidyate | naṭā nānāvidhāstatra asaṃkhyātaguṇā hare
Translation
हे कृष्ण, तस्य तुरङ्गस्यन्दनानां संख्या न विद्यते। हरे, तत्र नानाविधा नटाः असंख्यातगुणाḥ सन्ति।
Word by Word
तुरङ्गैःwith horses
तुरङ्गैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootतुरङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन
स्यन्दनैःwith chariots
स्यन्दनैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootस्यन्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन
कृष्णO Kṛṣṇa
कृष्ण:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootकृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन
संख्याnumber
संख्या:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसंख्या (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन
तस्यof him/its
तस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
नnot
न:
Negation (निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)
विद्यतेexists/is found
विद्यते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootविद् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद
नटाःdancers/actors
नटाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनट (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन
नानाविधाःof various kinds
नानाविधाः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootनानाविध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifies नटाः); समासः—नाना + विध (कर्मधारय: ‘of many kinds’)
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formदेश-अव्यय (locative adverb: ‘there’)
असंख्यातगुणाःwith innumerable qualities
असंख्यातगुणाः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअसंख्यात-गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifies नटाः); समासः—असंख्यात + गुण (तत्पुरुष: ‘having innumerable qualities’)
हरेO Hari
हरे:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootहरि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन
Speaker
Devas
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Himācala-guhā environs (as narrative setting)
Type: cave
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Śrī Kṛṣṇa (Hari)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Devas describe the demon’s immeasurable cavalry and chariots, and a multitude of performers with countless skills—an overwhelming pageant of power and entertainment.
Characters & Entities
D
DevasŚ
Śrī KṛṣṇaH
HariT
Tālamegha (implied)FAQs
Material abundance and spectacle do not equal righteousness; dharma is measured by conduct, not display.
None; this is a descriptive passage within the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative.
None.