Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

अत्रांतरे महानादः सुचक्षुश्च महाहनुः । महाचंडो महाभक्षो महोदरम होत्कटौ

Transliteration

atrāṃtare mahānādaḥ sucakṣuśca mahāhanuḥ | mahācaṃḍo mahābhakṣo mahodarama hotkaṭau

Translation

Inzwischen traten Mahānāda, Sucakṣu und Mahāhanu hervor; ebenso Mahācaṇḍa, Mahābhakṣa und das furchterregende Paar Mahodara und Mahotkaṭa.

Word by Word

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Deśa (Spatial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• अन्तरे: in the interval/meanwhile
• अन्तरे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; एकवचन; सप्तमी (7th case)

• महानादः: Great-roar (name/epithet)
• महानादः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + नाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; एकवचन; प्रथमा (1st case); समासः—कर्मधारय (महान् नादः)

• सुचक्षुः: Good-eyed (name/epithet)
• सुचक्षुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु + चक्षुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; एकवचन; प्रथमा (1st case); समासः—कर्मधारय (सुन्दरं चक्षुः यस्य/सुचक्षुः)

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

• महाहनुः: Great-jawed (name/epithet)
• महाहनुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + हनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; एकवचन; प्रथमा (1st case); समासः—कर्मधारय (महती हनुः)

• महाचण्डः: Great-fierce (one)
• महाचण्डः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + चण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; एकवचन; प्रथमा (1st case); समासः—कर्मधारय (महान् चण्डः)

• महाभक्षः: Great-devourer
• महाभक्षः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + भक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; एकवचन; प्रथमा (1st case); समासः—कर्मधारय (महान् भक्षः/भक्षकः)

• महोदरः: Big-bellied (one)
• महोदरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + उदर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; एकवचन; प्रथमा (1st case); समासः—कर्मधारय (महत् उदरम् यस्य)

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

• उत्कटौ: the two formidable ones
• उत्कटौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्कट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्विवचन; प्रथमा (1st case)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in third-person narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu (Setubandha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sudden roar; a sequence of terrifying asura champions enters—Mahānāda, Sucakṣu, Mahāhanu, Mahācaṇḍa, Mahābhakṣa, and the fearsome pair Mahodara and Mahotkaṭa—each marked by exaggerated features.

Characters & Entities

• Mahānāda
• Sucakṣu
• Mahāhanu
• Mahācaṇḍa
• Mahābhakṣa
• Mahodara
• Mahotkaṭa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma often gathers many terrifying supports; listing them heightens the contrast when the Devī overcomes them.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; this is a catalogue of combatants within the Setu-khaṇḍa story.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.