Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

मुष्टिभिः पार्ष्णिघातैश्च जानुभिश्चाभिजघ्नतुः । ततो मुहूर्तात्कौरव्यः पर्यहीयत पांडवः

Transliteration

muṣṭibhiḥ pārṣṇighātaiśca jānubhiścābhijaghnatuḥ | tato muhūrtātkauravyaḥ paryahīyata pāṃḍavaḥ

Translation

他们以拳、以脚跟猛击、以膝相撞，彼此交战。不多时，俱卢之子占了上风，般度之子渐渐衰弱。

Word by Word

• मुष्टिभिः: with fists
• मुष्टिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• पार्ष्णि-घातैः: with heel-strikes
• पार्ष्णि-घातैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्ष्णि (प्रातिपदिक) + घात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (पार्ष्ण्या घातः)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• जानुभिः: with knees
• जानुभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जानु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• अभिजघ्नतुः: (the two) struck
• अभिजघ्नतुः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि√हन् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), द्विवचन; परस्मैपद

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Sequence/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरम् (then)

• मुहूर्तात्: after a short while
• मुहूर्तात्: Apadana (Point of time-from/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुहूर्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• कौरव्यः: the Kaurava
• कौरव्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौरव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• पर्यहीयत: was diminished, weakened
• पर्यहीयत: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि√हा (धातु) (हीयते-प्रयोगः)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• पाण्डवः: the Pāṇḍava
• पाण्डवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: In close quarters, the fighters trade fist-strikes and knee-blows; one begins to sag, shoulders dropping, while the other presses forward with relentless force.

Characters & Entities

• Barbarīka
• Bhīma
• Kaurava
• Pāṇḍava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly might fluctuates quickly; dharma teaches humility even to renowned heroes when confronted by fate and divine arrangement.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

None in this verse; the tīrtha framing emerges later when the episode approaches the seashore.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.