Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 100

Devanagari script

अश्वाश्चैवाप्यकल्माषा वायुवेगाः सुवर्चसः । अंगत्राणसमायुक्ताः शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः

Transliteration

aśvāścaivāpyakalmāṣā vāyuvegāḥ suvarcasaḥ | aṃgatrāṇasamāyuktāḥ śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ

Translation

Và cả những chiến mã nữa—không tì vết, nhanh như gió, rạng rỡ—được trang bị giáp hộ thân, từng trăm rồi đến từng nghìn.

Word by Word

• aśvāḥ: horses
• aśvāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aśva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय

• eva: indeed
• eva: Discourse particle (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• api: also
• api: Connector/Particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कारक अव्यय (also)

• akalmāṣāḥ: spotless
• akalmāṣāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a- (नञ्) + kalmāṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; नञ्-समास/नकारार्थ ‘निर्मलाः’

• vāyu-vegāḥ: swift as the wind
• vāyu-vegāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vāyu (प्रातिपदिक) + vega (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष ‘वायोः वेग इव वेगः’

• suvarcasaḥ: radiant, splendid
• suvarcasaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su- (उपपद) + varcas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; ‘aśvāḥ’ इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्

• aṃga-trāṇa-samāyuktāḥ: fitted with body-armor
• aṃga-trāṇa-samāyuktāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aṃga (प्रातिपदिक) + trāṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + samāyukta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √yuj (धातु) + सम्-आ- उपसर्गौ + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; समासः—तत्पुरुष ‘अङ्गत्राणेन समायुक्ताः’

• śataśaḥ: by hundreds
• śataśaḥ: Adverbial (परिमाण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śataśas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय, परिमाणवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (‘by hundreds’)

• atha: then; and
• atha: Connector/Adverbial
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अनन्तर/प्रसङ्गवाचक (then/and)

• sahasraśaḥ: by thousands
• sahasraśaḥ: Adverbial (परिमाण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sahasraśas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय, परिमाणवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (‘by thousands’)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice, contextually Sūta)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Hundreds and thousands of spotless, radiant horses, armored with protective gear, surge in ordered lines; sunlight flashes on bridles and mail; dust trails behind.

Characters & Entities

• Arbuda-parvata

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Speed and strength are transient assets; without dharma, they become instruments of downfall.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The episode continues within the Arbuda-parvata sacred setting, though this verse focuses on the army’s scale.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a martial description.