Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 35
Devanagari script
यस्मिन्यस्मिन्निपतति सुर वृंदे गजासुरः । तस्मिस्तीस्मिन्महाशब्दो हाहाकारो व्यजायत
Transliteration
yasminyasminnipatati sura vṛṃde gajāsuraḥ | tasmistīsminmahāśabdo hāhākāro vyajāyata
Translation
象魔Gajāsura所到之处，众神队伍溃不成军，巨大的骚乱随之而起，到处回荡着“哀哉！哀哉！”的悲鸣。
Word by Word
यस्मिन्in which
यस्मिन्:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-प्रयोग (relative)
यस्मिन्wherever
यस्मिन्:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (each time/wherever)
निपततिfalls upon, attacks
निपतति:
Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootनि-पत् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन, परस्मैपद
सुर-वृंदेin the host of gods
सुर-वृंदे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootसुर (प्रातिपदिक) + वृन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणम्
गजासुरःGajāsura (the elephant-demon)
गजासुरः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootगज (प्रातिपदिक) + असुर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
तस्मिन्there
तस्मिन्:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; तद्-सम्बन्ध (correlative)
तस्मिन्in that (place)
तस्मिन्:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (each time/therever)
महाशब्दःa great noise
महाशब्दः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमहा (प्रातिपदिक) + शब्द (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
हाहाकारःa cry of ‘hā hā’, wailing
हाहाकारः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootहाहा (अव्ययवत्/ध्वन्यात्मक) + कार (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
व्यजायतarose, was produced
व्यजायत:
Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवि-जन् (धातु)
Formलङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद
Speaker
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Gajāsura charges into clusters of devas; wherever he strikes, waves of panic ripple outward and the air fills with ‘Alas!’—a visible tumult of scattering figures and raised hands.
Characters & Entities
G
GajāsuraS
Suras (gods)FAQs
Collective suffering is acknowledged openly; the Purāṇic narrative validates distress while preparing the stage for divine intervention.
No tīrtha is referenced in this verse.
None.