Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

युग्यानां च सहस्रेण द्विप्रमाणेन स्यंदनम् । सिंहानां प्रयुतेनैव वाह्यमानं च तस्य तत्

Transliteration

yugyānāṃ ca sahasreṇa dvipramāṇena syaṃdanam | siṃhānāṃ prayutenaiva vāhyamānaṃ ca tasya tat

Translation

ราชรถของท่านใหญ่ดุจขนาดช้าง ถูกเทียมลากด้วยม้าพันตัวที่เข้าคู่แอก และยังถูกพาเคลื่อนไปด้วยสิงห์นับเป็นประยุตะอีกด้วย

Word by Word

• युग्यानाम्: of the yoked (horses/animals)
• युग्यानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी-विभक्तिः बहुवचनम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपातः

• सहस्रेण: by a thousand
• सहस्रेण: Karana (Instrument/Measure/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे तृतीया-विभक्तिः एकवचनम्; संख्यावाचक-शब्दः

• द्विप्रमाणेन: of double measure/size
• द्विप्रमाणेन: Karana (Instrument/Measure/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वि (संख्या/प्रातिपदिक) + प्रमाण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे तृतीया-विभक्तिः एकवचनम्; द्विगु-समासः—द्वे प्रमाणे यस्य/द्वि-प्रमाणम्

• स्यन्दनम्: the chariot
• स्यन्दनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्यन्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्तिः एकवचनम्; अत्र प्रथमा (वर्ण्य-वस्तु)

• सिंहानाम्: of lions
• सिंहानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिंह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी-विभक्तिः बहुवचनम्

• प्रयुतेन: by ten thousand
• प्रयुतेन: Karana (Instrument/Measure/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रयुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे तृतीया-विभक्तिः एकवचनम्; संख्यावाचकः (10,000)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपातः

• वाह्यमानम्: being drawn/carried
• वाह्यमानम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √वह् (धातु) + य (यक्; कर्मणि) + शानच् (वर्तमानकृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्तिः एकवचनम्; कर्मणि वर्तमानकृदन्तः—“being carried/drawn”

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपातः

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी-विभक्तिः एकवचनम्

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्तिः एकवचनम्; अत्र प्रथमा—स्यन्दनम् इत्यस्य अन्वयः

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A colossal chariot, elephant-sized, drawn by a thousand steeds and propelled amid a multitude of lions—an impossible, mythic war-procession surging toward the sacrificial pavilion.

Characters & Entities

• Vīrabhadra (implied)
• Chariot (syandana)
• Lions
• Horses

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Puranas use cosmic scale to signify divine inevitability—no worldly power can resist the force that protects dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedārakhaṇḍa context frames it within Kedāra’s sacred narrative; the verse itself is not a tīrtha-stuti.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a description of Vīrabhadra’s conveyance and martial grandeur.