Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

हस्तिनो हयवर्याश्च पादाताश्च पृथग्विधाः । रथसाहस्रमारूढा योधाश्चापि सहस्रशः

Transliteration

hastino hayavaryāśca pādātāśca pṛthagvidhāḥ | rathasāhasramārūḍhā yodhāścāpi sahasraśaḥ

Translation

وہاں ہاتھی، عمدہ گھوڑے اور طرح طرح کے پیادے تھے؛ اور ہزار رتھوں پر سوار جنگجو بھی ہزاروں کی تعداد میں تھے۔

Word by Word

• हस्तिनः: elephants (elephant-troops)
• हस्तिनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hastin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• हयवर्याः: excellent horses
• हयवर्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: haya + varya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास: ‘वर्याः हयाः’ = excellent horses; पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय)

• पादाताः: foot-soldiers
• पादाताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pādāta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय)

• पृथग्विधाः: of various kinds
• पृथग्विधाः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pṛthak + vidhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (अव्ययपूर्वपद): ‘पृथक्-विध’ = of various kinds; पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• रथसाहस्रम्: a thousand chariots
• रथसाहस्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ratha + sāhasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास: ‘साहस्रं रथानाम्’/‘रथ-साहस्रम्’ = a thousand chariots; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन (आरोढा इत्यस्य कर्म)

• आरूढाः: mounted
• आरूढाः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā + ruh (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP); पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘mounted’

• योधाः: warriors
• योधाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yodha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Particle (Also)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/अप्यर्थ)

• सहस्रशः: in thousands
• सहस्रशः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverb of manner/quantity)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sahasraśas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रकार/परिमाणवाचक) = by thousands/in thousands

Speaker

Pulastya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda (Arbudācala)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A panoramic mustering: elephants, horses, foot-soldiers, and a thousand chariots—an overwhelming, orderly surge of martial power emanating from the Devī’s act.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Sainyam (divine army)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When the Goddess acts, her support is complete—symbolized by the full fourfold army (elephants, horses, chariots, infantry).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader Arbuda/Varaparvata sacred landscape is the setting of this account.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual instruction appears in this verse.