Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

देव्या भूतगणं त्वेवं निहत्य महिषासुरः । सिंहं मारयितुं देव्याश्चुक्रोध च ननाद च

Transliteration

devyā bhūtagaṇaṃ tvevaṃ nihatya mahiṣāsuraḥ | siṃhaṃ mārayituṃ devyāścukrodha ca nanāda ca

Translation

Nachdem Mahiṣāsura so die Schar der Wesen der Göttin erschlagen hatte, geriet er in Zorn und brüllte, um den Löwen der Devī zu töten.

Word by Word

• देव्याः: of the Goddess
• देव्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध

• भूतगणम्: the host of beings
• भूतगणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूतगण (प्रातिपदिक: भूत + गण)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (‘host of beings/spirits’)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/विशेषण (but/indeed)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Adverbial modifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (thus)

• निहत्य: having slain
• निहत्य: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + हन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); ‘having slain’

• महिषासुरः: Mahiṣāsura
• महिषासुरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महिषासुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सिंहम्: the lion
• सिंहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिंह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• मारयितुम्: to kill
• मारयितुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृ (धातु)
• Form: णिच् (causative) + तुमुन् (infinitive); ‘to cause to die’ = ‘to kill’

• देव्याः: of the Goddess
• देव्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (of the Goddess)

• चुक्रोध: (he) grew angry
• चुक्रोध: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रुध् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘became angry’

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

• ननाद: roared
• ननाद: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नद् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘roared’

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

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa addressing sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu (Setubandha/Rāmeśvara)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Mahīṣāsura stands amid slain gaṇas, eyes blazing; he roars toward Devī’s lion, preparing to strike; the lion crouches, muscles taut, Devī poised above.

Characters & Entities

• Mahiṣāsura
• Durgā
• Siṃha (lion vehicle)
• Bhūtagaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma attacks not only the divine but also the supports of dharma; yet such rage is ultimately self-defeating.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setukhaṇḍa provides the sacred-geography frame; this verse itself is not a tīrtha-praise passage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.