Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14
Devanagari script
अथाऽसौ महिषो जातः कृष्णगात्रधरो महान् । अतिदीर्घविषाणश्च अंजनाद्रिरिवापरः
Transliteration
athā'sau mahiṣo jātaḥ kṛṣṇagātradharo mahān | atidīrghaviṣāṇaśca aṃjanādririvāparaḥ
Translation
แล้วเขาก็กลายเป็นควายผู้ยิ่งใหญ่ กายดำสนิท มีเขายาวยิ่งนัก ประหนึ่งภูเขาอัญชนาทรีอีกลูกหนึ่ง
Word by Word
अथthen
अथ:
Sambandha (Discourse connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ (अव्यय)
Formअनन्तरार्थक अव्यय (then/now)
असौthat one (he)
असौ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग
महिषःa buffalo
महिषः:
Karta (Subject complement)
TypeNoun
Rootमहिष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
जातःwas born/became
जातः:
Kriya (State/क्रिया-भाव)
TypeVerb
Rootजन् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकृदन्त (past participle) ‘born/become’, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
कृष्णगात्रधरःbearing a black body
कृष्णगात्रधरः:
Karta (Qualifier of subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootकृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + गात्र (प्रातिपदिक) + धर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (कृष्णं गात्रं यस्य/कृष्णगात्रः; ततः ‘कृष्णगात्रं धरति’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण
महान्great, huge
महान्:
Karta (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण
अतिदीर्घविषाणःhaving very long horns
अतिदीर्घविषाणः:
Karta (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootअति (अव्यय) + दीर्घ (प्रातिपदिक) + विषाण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formउपपद-तत्पुरुष/अव्ययीभाव-पूर्वपद (अति+दीर्घ = अतिदीर्घ) ततः कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष ‘अतिदीर्घे विषाणे यस्य’, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
अञ्जनाद्रिःthe Anjana mountain
अञ्जनाद्रिः:
Upamana (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
TypeNoun
Rootअञ्जन (प्रातिपदिक) + अद्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (अञ्जनस्य अद्रिः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
इवlike
इव:
Upama (Comparison marker/उपमा)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (अव्यय)
Formउपमा-वाचक अव्यय (comparative particle)
अपरःanother (one)
अपरः:
Karta (Predicate adjective)
TypeAdjective
Rootअपर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (असौ महिषः)
Speaker
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgara Khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A newly transformed colossal buffalo stands on the riverbank, black as raincloud, horns stretching like a mountain ridge; the landscape echoes the Anjanādri comparison.
Characters & Entities
M
Mahiṣa (buffalo)A
AnjanādriFAQs
Adharma ripens into embodied consequence; the Purāṇa dramatizes karma through visible transformation.
The episode belongs to the Gaṅgā-bank tīrtha setting within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.
None.