Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 151

Devanagari script

व्यक्षिपच्च महाकायं महिषं पर्वताकृतिम् । दीर्घतीक्ष्णविषाणाभ्यां युक्तमंजनसंनिभम्

Transliteration

vyakṣipacca mahākāyaṃ mahiṣaṃ parvatākṛtim | dīrghatīkṣṇaviṣāṇābhyāṃ yuktamaṃjanasaṃnibham

Translation

Und sie schleuderte einen riesenhaften Büffel hervor, berggleich an Gestalt, schwarz wie Kajal, versehen mit zwei langen, scharfen Hörnern.

Word by Word

• व्याक्षिपत्: threw, cast away
• व्याक्षिपत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-क्षिप् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction/particle)

• महाकायम्: huge-bodied
• महाकायम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाकाय (प्रातिपदिक; महा + काय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• महिषम्: buffalo
• महिषम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महिष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• पर्वताकृतिम्: mountain-shaped
• पर्वताकृतिम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर्वत-आकृति (प्रातिपदिक; पर्वत + आकृति)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• दीर्घतीक्ष्णविषाणाभ्याम्: with (its) long sharp horns
• दीर्घतीक्ष्णविषाणाभ्याम्: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीर्घ-तीक्ष्ण-विषाण (प्रातिपदिक; दीर्घ + तीक्ष्ण + विषाण)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), द्विवचन (Dual)

• युक्तम्: endowed, furnished
• युक्तम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज् (धातु) → युक्त (कृदन्त/क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• अंजनसंनिभम्: black like collyrium
• अंजनसंनिभम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अंजन-संनिभ (प्रातिपदिक; अंजन + संनिभ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Deductive: Purāṇic narrator (likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: From the Devī’s māyā emerges a colossal buffalo, mountain-bodied, ink-black, with long razor horns; dust and shadow billow as it stamps the earth, dwarfing warriors and trees.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Mahiṣa (buffalo form/māyā manifestation)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma often appears as overwhelming mass and darkness; the narrative prepares for the Devī’s decisive removal of such terror.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is praised in this line; it is a vivid description within the Arbuda Khaṇḍa storyline.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.