Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 121
Devanagari script
रेणुनाच्छाद्य चंद्रार्कौ वल्मीकस्थाविवेक्षितौ । महोग्राश्चौषधीस्तालैरश्विभ्यां सोऽभ्यवर्तयत्
Transliteration
reṇunācchādya caṃdrārkau valmīkasthāvivekṣitau | mahogrāścauṣadhīstālairaśvibhyāṃ so'bhyavartayat
Translation
他以尘土遮蔽月与日，使之宛如沉没于蚁丘之中。又以棕榈杖击退那极其灵验的疗愈灵药，使其远离双阿湿毗，尽皆驱散。
Word by Word
रेणुनाwith dust
रेणुना:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootरेणु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Instrumental singular
आच्छाद्यhaving covered
आच्छाद्य:
Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ-छद् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
Formक्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), ‘having covered’
चand
च:
Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)
चन्द्रार्कौthe moon and the sun
चन्द्रार्कौ:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootचन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्क (प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वन्द्व-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, द्विवचन, द्वितीया-विभक्ति; Accusative dual (the moon and the sun)
वल्मीकस्थौsituated in an anthill
वल्मीकस्थौ:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootवल्मीक (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी/सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष (वल्मीके स्थौ = situated in an anthill); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; Nominative dual
इवas if/like
इव:
Upamana (Comparison/उपमान)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (अव्यय)
Formउपमानवाचक अव्यय (particle of comparison)
ईक्षितौappearing/seen
ईक्षितौ:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootईक्ष् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; Past passive participle ‘seen/appearing’
महोग्राःvery fierce
महोग्राः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमहा (प्रातिपदिक) + उग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; Nominative plural
चand
च:
Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)
औषधीःherbs/medicinal plants
औषधीः:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootऔषधी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Accusative plural
तालैःwith palmyra trees (as clubs)
तालैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootताल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Instrumental plural
अश्विभ्याम्with the Aśvins (two gods)
अश्विभ्याम्:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootअश्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; Instrumental dual
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Pronoun ‘he’
अभ्यवर्तयत्caused to turn/rolled over
अभ्यवर्तयत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअभि-√वृत्/वर्त् (धातु)
Formलङ्-लकार (Imperfect/past), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘made turn/caused to move/rolled over’
Speaker
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A storm of dust rises like a veil, dimming Sun and Moon as if both are lodged in an anthill; nearby, radiant Aśvins reach toward glowing herbs, but the herbs are driven back by palm-staves in a startling reversal of healing itself.
Characters & Entities
C
CandraS
Sūrya (Arka)A
AśvinauO
OṣadhisT
TārakaFAQs
When adharma dominates, clarity (sun–moon light) and healing (oṣadhi) seem eclipsed—yet such darkness is temporary within the Purāṇic vision of restoration.
No site is glorified in this verse.
None.