Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

तस्याः संरम्भमाणाया वक्त्रमार्गेण निर्गताः । पुलिन्दा दारुणा मेदाः शतशोऽथ सहस्रशः

Transliteration

tasyāḥ saṃrambhamāṇāyā vaktramārgeṇa nirgatāḥ | pulindā dāruṇā medāḥ śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ

Translation

তার ক্রোধ জ্বলে উঠতেই তার মুখপথ দিয়ে পুলিন্দরা—ভয়ংকর, উগ্র যোদ্ধা—প্রথমে শত শত, পরে সহস্র সহস্র করে বেরিয়ে এল।

Word by Word

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन

• संरम्भमाणायाः: while she was enraging
• संरम्भमाणायाः: Sambandha (Genitive qualifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-रभ् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले आत्मनेपद कृदन्त (present middle participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; “of (her) becoming agitated/enraged”

• वक्त्रमार्गेण: through the mouth-passage
• वक्त्रमार्गेण: Karaṇa (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वक्त्र + मार्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (वक्त्रस्य मार्गः)

• निर्गताः: came out
• निर्गताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर्-गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; “having come out”

• पुलिन्दाः: Pulindas (tribal men)
• पुलिन्दाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता; apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुलिन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• दारुणाः: fierce
• दारुणाः: Karta-viśeṣaṇa (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दारुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन; पुलिन्दाः/मेदाः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• मेदाः: Meda people
• मेदाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता; apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेद (प्रातिपदिक; जननाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• शतशः: by hundreds
• शतशः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Quantifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शतशः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; परिमाणवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (by hundreds)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रमसूचक (then)

• सहस्रशः: by thousands
• सहस्रशः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Quantifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहस्रशः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; परिमाणवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (by thousands)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Māhiṣmatī / Narmadā belt (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: From the cow’s open mouth, as she blazes with fury, streams of Pulinda warriors pour forth—first hundreds, then thousands—armed and wild, filling the road like a sudden flood of men.

Characters & Entities

• Dhenu (Kāmadhenu)
• Pulinda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine power protects dharma: when righteousness is violated, protective forces can manifest swiftly to restore balance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not explicitly named in this verse; it supports the chapter’s tīrtha-māhātmya narrative arc in Nāgarakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse describes miraculous manifestation rather than a rite.