Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 128
Devanagari script
भग्नेषा दंडचक्राक्षै रथैभिः सह । दुःसंचाराभवत्पृथ्वी मांसशोणितकर्दमा
Transliteration
bhagneṣā daṃḍacakrākṣai rathaibhiḥ saha | duḥsaṃcārābhavatpṛthvī māṃsaśoṇitakardamā
Translation
ڈنڈے، پہیے اور دھُریاں ٹوٹ جانے سے رتھ چکناچور ہو گئے؛ گوشت اور خون کے کیچڑ میں زمین گزرنے کے لائق نہ رہی۔
Word by Word
भग्नाbroken, shattered
भग्ना:
Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootभग्न (कृदन्त; √भञ्ज भङ्गे)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; past passive participle; Nominative singular feminine
इषाthe pole/shaft (of chariots)
इषा:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootइषा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (रथस्य ईषा = धुरा/दण्डः) Nominative singular
दण्डचक्राक्षैःwith poles, wheels, and axles
दण्डचक्राक्षैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootदण्ड + चक्र + अक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; ‘दण्डाश्च चक्राणि च अक्षाणि च’ इति समाहार/इतरेतरद्वन्द्व; Instrumental plural
रथैःwith chariots
रथैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootरथ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; Instrumental plural
सहtogether with
सह:
Sahārtha (Accompaniment/सह)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसह (अव्यय)
Formसहयोगार्थक-अव्यय; postposition governing तृतीया; indeclinable
दुःसंचाराhard to traverse
दुःसंचारा:
Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootदुः + सञ्चार (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘दुर्गमगमनयोग्या’ इति; Nominative singular feminine
अभवत्became
अभवत्:
Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√भू (धातु)
Formलङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Imperfect, 3rd person singular
पृथ्वीthe earth
पृथ्वी:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपृथ्वी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Nominative singular
मांसशोणितकर्दमाmuddy with flesh and blood
मांसशोणितकर्दमा:
Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमांस + शोणित + कर्दम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘मांसशोणितरूपकर्दमयुक्ता’ इति; Nominative singular feminine
Speaker
Lomaharṣaṇa/Sūta (deduced for Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narration)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Broken chariots—splintered poles, shattered wheels and axles—strewn across a battlefield; the ground turned into a thick mire of flesh and blood, making movement nearly impossible.
Characters & Entities
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Ratha (chariots)FAQs
The text portrays violence as spiritually and materially degrading—turning even the earth into a defiled mire.
None; the focus is the devastation of battle.
None.