Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 102
Devanagari script
पत्तयश्च महाकाया महेष्वासा महाबलाः । असिचर्मधराश्चान्ये प्रासपट्टिशपाणयः
Transliteration
pattayaśca mahākāyā maheṣvāsā mahābalāḥ | asicarmadharāścānye prāsapaṭṭiśapāṇayaḥ
Translation
காலாட்கள் பெருந்தோற்றமுடையவர்கள், மகா வில்லாளர்கள், மிகுந்த வலிமையுடையவர்கள்; மற்றவர்கள் வாள்-கேடயம் தாங்கி, கைகளில் ஈட்டியும் பட்டீசமும் கொண்டிருந்தனர்।
Word by Word
pattayaḥinfantrymen/foot-soldiers
pattayaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootpatti (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)
mahā-kāyāḥof huge bodies
mahā-kāyāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootmahā (प्रातिपदिक) + kāya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः—महान् कायः येषां ते
mahā-iṣvāsāḥgreat archers (with great bows)
mahā-iṣvāsāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootmahā (प्रातिपदिक) + iṣvāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः—महान् इष्वासः (धनुः) येषां ते
mahā-balāḥvery strong
mahā-balāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootmahā (प्रातिपदिक) + bala (प्रातिपदik)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः—महद् बलं येषां ते
asi-carma-dharāḥsword-and-shield bearers
asi-carma-dharāḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootasi (प्रातिपदिक) + carma (प्रातिपदिक) + dhara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः/उपपद-तत्पुरुषः—असिं च चर्म च धारयन्ति इति
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)
anyeothers
anye:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootanya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन
prāsa-paṭṭiśa-pāṇayaḥthose with spears and axes in hand
prāsa-paṭṭiśa-pāṇayaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootprāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + paṭṭiśa (प्रातिपदिक) + pāṇi (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहिवत्-उपपद-तत्पुरुषः—प्रासः/पट्टिशः पाणौ येषां ते
Speaker
Narrator (Purāṇic voice, contextually Sūta)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A dense wall of infantry: huge-bodied soldiers, elite archers, others with sword-and-shield, spears and battle-axes raised; ranks bristle like a forest of weapons.
Characters & Entities
A
Arbuda-parvataFAQs
Physical might and weaponry are limited; when aligned with adharma, they become causes of greater bondage and ruin.
Arbuda-parvata remains the sacred setting, though the verse focuses on the army’s composition.
None.