Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 70
Devanagari script
अन्येषां च ध्वजास्तत्र नानारूपा बभू रणे । सनागयक्षगंधर्वमहोरगनिशाचरा
Transliteration
anyeṣāṃ ca dhvajāstatra nānārūpā babhū raṇe | sanāgayakṣagaṃdharvamahoraganiśācarā
Translation
اور اس میدانِ جنگ میں دوسروں کے جھنڈے بھی طرح طرح کے تھے—ناگوں، یکشوں، گندھرووں، مہاورگوں اور رات کے بھٹکنے والوں (نِشَچروں) کے گروہوں میں۔
Word by Word
अन्येषाम्of others
अन्येषाम्:
Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)
ध्वजाःbanners
ध्वजाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootध्वज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)
नानारूपाःof various forms
नानारूपाः:
Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootनाना (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (नानाविधं रूपं येषाम्)
बभूwere/appeared
बभू:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√भू (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (बहुवचनकर्तरि सामूहिकप्रयोगः)
रणेin battle
रणे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootरण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन
सwith
स:
Sambandha (Association)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस (अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश)
Formसह-अर्थक-अव्यय (prefix-like ‘with’)
नागnāgas/elephants/serpents
नाग:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनाग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (समूहग्रहणम्)
यक्षyakṣas
यक्ष:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (समूहग्रहणम्)
गन्धर्वgandharvas
गन्धर्व:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootगन्धर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (समूहग्रहणम्)
महोरगgreat serpents
महोरग:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमहोरग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (समूहग्रहणम्)
निशाचराःnight-wanderers (demons)
निशाचराः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनिशाचर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन
Speaker
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced for Māheśvara Khaṇḍa narration)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A wide battle scene crowded with varied standards: serpent-crested nāga flags, yakṣa totems, gandharva emblems with musical motifs, mahā-uraga coils, and shadowy niśācara banners—each distinct in color and form.
Characters & Entities
N
NāgasY
YakṣasG
GandharvasM
MahoragasN
NiśācarasFAQs
The cosmic struggle involves many orders of beings; dharma is upheld through a vast, interconnected universe.
No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.
None.