Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 44
Devanagari script
क्रुद्धं कपालिनं दैत्यः प्रचलत्कर्णपल्लवः । भवं च दन्तैर्बिभिदे नाभिदेशे जगासुरः
Transliteration
kruddhaṃ kapālinaṃ daityaḥ pracalatkarṇapallavaḥ | bhavaṃ ca dantairbibhide nābhideśe jagāsuraḥ
Translation
والشيطانُ وقد استبدّ به الغضب، يرفرف بشُحوم أذنيه، جرحَ كَبَالِي؛ ثم إنَّ ذلك الأسورا ذي هيئة الفيل طعنَ بهافا بأنيابه في موضع السُّرّة.
Word by Word
kruddhamangry
kruddham:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Root√krudh (धातु) (क्त-प्रत्यय)
Formक्त (past participial adjective), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन
kapālinamKapālin (Śiva)
kapālinam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootkapālin (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन
daityaḥthe demon
daityaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdaitya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन
pracalat-karṇa-pallavaḥwhose ear-flaps were flapping/moving
pracalat-karṇa-pallavaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpracalat (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + karṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + pallava (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि (yasya karṇa-pallavau pracalatau)
bhavamBhava (Śiva)
bhavam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन
caand
ca:
Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, समुच्चय (conjunction)
dantaiḥwith (his) teeth
dantaiḥ:
Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootdanta (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/करण), बहुवचन
bibhidepierced, split
bibhide:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√bhid (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद
nābhi-deśein the navel-region
nābhi-deśe:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootnābhi (प्रातिपदिक) + deśa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (nābheḥ deśaḥ)
jagawent/attacked (advanced upon)
jaga:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√gam (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद
asuraḥthe asura
asuraḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootasura (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन
Speaker
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages
Visual Art Cues
Scene: The elephant-asura, ears flaring like moving leaves, charges and drives tusks into Bhava’s navel region; Kapālī is also struck—an image of violent proximity and massive force.
Characters & Entities
K
KapālīB
BhavaG
GajāsuraFAQs
Even when adharma strikes fiercely, the Purāṇas show divine steadiness—conflict becomes a stage for the restoration of order.
No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.
None is mentioned.