Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 59
Devanagari script
कोट्यर्बुदेन सहितो हयानां वातरंहसाम् । पदातिभिरसंख्यातैः पच्चूर्णितशिलोच्चयैः
Transliteration
koṭyarbudena sahito hayānāṃ vātaraṃhasām | padātibhirasaṃkhyātaiḥ paccūrṇitaśiloccayaiḥ
Translation
他又率一俱胝阿部陀（koṭi-arbuda）之风驰骏马，并有无量步兵随行，踏碎岩丘，使之化为尘粉。
Word by Word
कोटि-अर्बुदेनwith crores and arbudas (in number)
कोटि-अर्बुदेन:
Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारि)
TypeNoun
Rootकोटि + अर्बुद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — ‘with a crore and an arbuda (ten million)’ (instrumental of accompaniment/measure)
सहितःaccompanied
सहितः:
Visheshana (Qualifier of subject/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसह (उपसर्ग) + इ (धातु) → सहित (क्त)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) — ‘accompanied/with’
हयानाम्of horses
हयानाम्:
Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
TypeNoun
Rootहय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन — ‘of horses’
वातरंहसाम्wind-swift
वातरंहसाम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier of hayānām/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootवात + रंहस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन — ‘of wind-swift (horses)’
पदातिभिःwith infantry
पदातिभिः:
Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारि)
TypeNoun
Rootपदाति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन — ‘by/with foot-soldiers’
असंख्यातैःinnumerable
असंख्यातैः:
Visheshana (Qualifier of padātibhiḥ/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअ + संख्यात (कृदन्त from √ख्या)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) used adjectivally — ‘uncounted, innumerable’
प्रचूर्णित-शिलोच्चयैः(with infantry) crushing rock-heaps
प्रचूर्णित-शिलोच्चयैः:
Visheshana (Qualifier of padātibhiḥ/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्र-चूर्णित (क्त from √चूर्ण/√चूर्णय्) + शिला + उच्चय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) — ‘with (troops) that have crushed heaps of rocks’ (instrumental qualifier)
Speaker
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa context: Skanda narrating to Agastya)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A storm of horses surges forward, manes streaming like flames; foot-soldiers advance behind, their impact turning rocky mounds into dust; the ground cracks, dust columns rise.
Characters & Entities
D
Durga (daitya, implied continuation)H
HorsesI
InfantryFAQs
The text magnifies the scale of hostile forces to underscore how decisive divine protection is, not dependent on material calculations.
The narrative belongs to Kāśī-khaṇḍa, ultimately serving the praise of Kāśī and its inviolable sanctity.
None.