Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 100

Devanagari script

दशनैर्मथयित्वा च चर्वयित्वा पुनःपुनः । शवास्थि मे दसा युक्तं मज्जामांसादिपूरितम्

Transliteration

daśanairmathayitvā ca carvayitvā punaḥpunaḥ | śavāsthi me dasā yuktaṃ majjāmāṃsādipūritam

Translation

Mit den Zähnen mahlend und immer wieder kauend, zermalmte sie es zu einem Zustand wie Leichenknochen – gefüllt mit Mark und Fleisch.

Word by Word

• daśanaiḥ: with (her) teeth
• daśanaiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instr.), बहुवचनम्; करणम् (with the teeth)

• mathayitvā: having crushed/churned
• mathayitvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: math (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) ‘मथयित्वा’ (having churned/crushed)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात

• carvayitvā: having chewed
• carvayitvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: carv (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive) ‘चर्वयित्वा’ (having chewed)

• punaḥpunaḥ: again and again
• punaḥpunaḥ: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ + punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरुक्त-अव्यय (reduplicated adverb): बारंबारम् (again and again)

• śavāsthi: a corpse-bone
• śavāsthi: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śava + asthi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—शवस्य अस्थि (corpse-bone)

• me: my
• me: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Gen.), एकवचनम्; enclitic form ‘मे’ (of me/my)

• daśā: state/condition
• daśā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daśā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; (reading as दसा/दशा) ‘condition/state’; here subject with yuktaṃ

• yuktam: connected/endowed
• yuktam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yukta (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त from धातु युज्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; भूतकृदन्त ‘युक्तम्’ (joined/connected/endowed)

• majjāmāṃsādipūritam: filled with marrow, flesh, etc.
• majjāmāṃsādipūritam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: majjā + māṃsa + ādi + pūrita (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; समाहार-तत्पुरुषभावः—मज्जा-मांस-आदि-भिः/मज्जामांसादिभिः पूरितम् (filled with marrow, flesh, etc.); भूतकृदन्त

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator in Dharmāraṇya context; speaker not explicit in the excerpt)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Goddess crushes and chews repeatedly with her teeth, reducing the foe to a corpse-bone-like state, imagery of marrow and flesh emphasizing total annihilation.

Characters & Entities

• Mātaṅgī/Devī (context)
• Daitya (implied victim)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇas often use intense imagery to show the total destruction of adharma—evil is not merely restrained but decisively uprooted.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The episode is situated in Dharmāraṇya’s sacred milieu, though this verse itself is not a direct tirtha-stuti.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this is narrative description of the demon’s defeat.