Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

खड्गैश्चापि हताः केचिद्गदाभिश्च विपोथिताः । देवैः पराजिताः सर्वे गणाः शतसहस्रशः

Transliteration

khaḍgaiścāpi hatāḥ kecidgadābhiśca vipothitāḥ | devaiḥ parājitāḥ sarve gaṇāḥ śatasahasraśaḥ

Translation

کچھ تلواروں سے کاٹے گئے اور کچھ گداؤں سے کچلے گئے۔ یوں دیوتاؤں نے لاکھوں کی تعداد میں گنوں کو شکست دے دی۔

Word by Word

• खड्गैः: by swords
• खड्गैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: खड्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (also/even)

• हताः: killed
• हताः: Kriya (क्रिया-विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हन् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण/विधेय

• केचित्: some
• केचित्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + चित् (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; अनिश्चितवाचक सर्वनाम (some)

• गदाभिः: by maces
• गदाभिः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• विपोथिताः: smashed/crushed
• विपोथिताः: Kriya (क्रिया-विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-पूथ्/पुथ् (धातु; to crush/strike) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• देवैः: by the gods
• देवैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• पराजिताः: defeated
• पराजिताः: Kriya (क्रिया-विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा-जि (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• गणाः: the gaṇas
• गणाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• शतसहस्रशः: by hundreds of thousands
• शतसहस्रशः: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक) + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक) + शस् (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: द्विगु-समास (शतानि सहस्राणि) + शस्-प्रत्ययेन अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषण (in hundreds of thousands)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After fierce exchanges, gaṇas fall in vast numbers—some cut by swords, others crushed by maces—while Devas stand pressing forward; the scene is grim, dust-laden, and sobering.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Gaṇas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Power and numbers alone do not guarantee stability; cosmic outcomes shift according to higher forces (mantra, destiny, and divine will).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra/Kedāranātha’s section frames the episode, but this particular verse focuses on battlefield events rather than tīrtha praise.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative account of combat.