Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

शक्त्यृष्टिपाशमुशलैः खड्गैस्तोमरटङ्कनैः । भल्लैः कर्णिकनाराचैः कबन्धपटसंकुलैः

Transliteration

śaktyṛṣṭipāśamuśalaiḥ khaḍgaistomaraṭaṅkanaiḥ | bhallaiḥ karṇikanārācaiḥ kabandhapaṭasaṃkulaiḥ

Translation

نیزوں، برچھیوں، پھندوں، گرزوں، تلواروں، تومروں اور کلہاڑوں کے ساتھ؛ بھالوں اور نوکیلے تیروں کے ساتھ—وہ جگہ بنا سر کے دھڑوں اور کٹے ہوئے اعضاء سے بھر گئی۔

Word by Word

• शक्ति-ऋष्टि-पाश-मुशलैः: with spears, lances, nooses and clubs
• शक्ति-ऋष्टि-पाश-मुशलैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + ऋष्टि (प्रातिपदिक) + पाश (प्रातिपदिक) + मुशल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (समाहार-द्वन्द्व), तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन — 'with spears, lances, nooses, clubs'

• खड्गैः: with swords
• खड्गैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: खड्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• तोमर-टङ्कनैः: with javelins and axes/picks
• तोमर-टङ्कनैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोमर (प्रातिपदिक) + टङ्कन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन — द्वन्द्व: 'with javelins and axes/picks'

• भल्लैः: with barbed arrows/darts
• भल्लैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भल्ल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• कर्णिक-नाराचैः: with karnika-type iron arrows
• कर्णिक-नाराचैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्णिक (प्रातिपदिक) + नाराच (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन — तत्पुरुष: 'कर्णिक-प्रकारैः नाराचैः' (with karnika-type iron arrows)

• कबन्ध-पट-संकुलैः: with (things) crowded with headless trunks and banners/cloths
• कबन्ध-पट-संकुलैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कबन्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + पट (प्रातिपदिक) + संकुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन — तत्पुरुष: 'कबन्धैः पटैश्च संकुलैः' (crowded with headless trunks and cloth/banners)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) [deduced]

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā tīrtha region

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dense melee of weapons—spears, javelins, nooses, clubs, swords, axes—while arrows fly; the ground is crowded with headless trunks and severed limbs, conveying the battle’s terror.

Characters & Entities

• Weapons (śakti, ṛṣṭi, pāśa, muśala, khaḍga, tomara, ṭaṅkaṇa, bhalla, nārāca)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It starkly depicts the cost of adharma-driven aggression, underscoring the necessity of restoring order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named; the verse is a battlefield tableau within Revā-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is descriptive narration of combat.