Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 127
Devanagari script
बाहुभिर्धरणी पूर्णा शिरोभिश्च सकुंडलैः । ऊरुभिर्गजहस्ताभैः करींद्रैश्चाचलोपमैः
Transliteration
bāhubhirdharaṇī pūrṇā śirobhiśca sakuṃḍalaiḥ | ūrubhirgajahastābhaiḥ karīṃdraiścācalopamaiḥ
Translation
زمین بازوؤں سے بھر گئی اور کٹے ہوئے سروں سے بھی جو اب تک کُنڈل پہنے تھے؛ رانیں ہاتھی کی سونڈ جیسی، اور گج راج پہاڑوں کی مانند پڑے تھے۔
Word by Word
बाहुभिःwith arms
बाहुभिः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootबाहु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन; Instrumental plural
धरणीthe earth
धरणी:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootधरणी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Nominative singular
पूर्णाfilled, full
पूर्णा:
Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपूर्ण (कृदन्त; √पॄ पूरणे)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; past passive participle used adjectivally; Nominative singular feminine
शिरोभिःwith heads
शिरोभिः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootशिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; Instrumental plural
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय; conjunction
सकुण्डलैःwith earrings (ear-ornamented)
सकुण्डलैः:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootस + कुण्डल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; ‘कुण्डलयुक्त’ इति; Instrumental plural
ऊरुभिःwith thighs
ऊरुभिः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootऊरु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; Instrumental plural
गजहस्ताभैःresembling elephants’ trunks/hands
गजहस्ताभैः:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootगज + हस्त + आभ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; ‘गजहस्तसदृश’ इति; Instrumental plural
करीन्द्रैःwith lordly elephants
करीन्द्रैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootकरीन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; Instrumental plural
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय; conjunction
अचलोपमैःlike mountains
अचलोपमैः:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअचल + उपम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; ‘अचलसदृश’ इति; Instrumental plural
Speaker
Lomaharṣaṇa/Sūta (deduced for Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narration)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A vast battlefield carpeted with severed arms and heads still wearing kuṇḍalas; massive thighs like elephant trunks; fallen elephant-lords resembling dark mountains under a dust-red sky.
Characters & Entities
K
Karīndra (great elephants)FAQs
War born of adharma turns the world into suffering; the graphic imagery underscores the cost of violence.
No tīrtha is mentioned.
None.