Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

एवमुक्त्वा विशेषेण प्रहारान्स विचिक्षिपे । विषाणाभ्यां महावेगो भर्त्सयानो मुहुर्मुहुः

Transliteration

evamuktvā viśeṣeṇa prahārānsa vicikṣipe | viṣāṇābhyāṃ mahāvego bhartsayāno muhurmuhuḥ

Translation

So sprechend schleuderte er immer wieder besonders heftige Schläge; von großer Schnelligkeit, drohte er unablässig und stieß wieder und wieder mit seinen Hörnern zu.

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): 'thus'

• uktvā: having said
• uktvā: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (वच्)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund): 'having said'

• viśeṣeṇa: especially
• viśeṣeṇa: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: viśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-प्रयोगे अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषण: 'especially/in particular'

• prahārān: blows, strikes
• prahārān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prahāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया बहुवचन (object of vicikṣipe)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन

• vicikṣipe: hurled, struck
• vicikṣipe: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṣip (क्षिप्)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; उपसर्ग वि-; 'he hurled/cast'

• viṣāṇābhyām: with the two horns
• viṣāṇābhyām: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया द्विवचन; 'with (his) two horns'

• mahā-vegaḥ: very swift/impetuous
• mahā-vegaḥ: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (उपसर्ग/पूर्वपद-प्रातिपदिक) + vega (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; कर्मधारय: 'great' + 'speed/impetus' → 'very swift/impetuous' (qualifying saḥ)

• bhartsayānaḥ: threatening, taunting
• bhartsayānaḥ: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bharts (भर्त्स्)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शानच्), पुंलिङ्ग प्रथमा एकवचन; आत्मनेपद-भाव: 'threatening/taunting'

• muhuḥ: repeatedly
• muhuḥ: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: muhuḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): 'again and again'

• muhuḥ: again and again
• muhuḥ: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: muhuḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (reduplication for emphasis)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Mahīṣa charges with tremendous speed, repeatedly striking with his horns, roaring threats; dust rises, weapons scatter, and the Goddess remains poised to counter.

Characters & Entities

• Mahiṣa
• Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unchecked aggression and taunting are marks of adharma; mere force without righteousness cannot prevail against the divine.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.