Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

एवमन्यान्महाकायान्मंत्रिणो महिषस्य च । शूलेन प्रोथयित्वाथ प्राहिणोद्यमसादनम्

Transliteration

evamanyānmahākāyānmaṃtriṇo mahiṣasya ca | śūlena prothayitvātha prāhiṇodyamasādanam

Translation

Ainsi, après avoir transpercé de son trident les autres ministres de Mahiṣa, aux corps immenses, elle les envoya à la demeure de Yama, le royaume de la mort.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Adverbial modifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/रीति-वाचक (adverb: ‘thus/in this manner’)

• अन्यान्: others
• अन्यान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• महाकायान्: huge-bodied
• महाकायान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाकाय (प्रातिपदिक: महा + काय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषण; समासः कर्मधारयः (‘great-bodied’)

• मन्त्रिणः: ministers
• मन्त्रिणः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्रिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), बहुवचन; ‘minister/counsellor’

• महिषस्य: of (the) buffalo (Mahisha)
• महिषस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महिष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (of the buffalo-demon)

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

• शूलेन: with a spear/trident
• शूलेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन; करण (instrument)

• प्रोथयित्वा: having pierced
• प्रोथयित्वा: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + उथ्/उथय् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वकाले कृत्य (having pierced/thrust)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तर-क्रमवाचक (then/thereupon)

• प्राहिणोत्: (he) sent
• प्राहिणोत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + हि (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘sent/dispatch’

• यमसादनम्: to Yama’s abode (to death)
• यमसादनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यमसादन (प्रातिपदिक: यम + सादन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (‘abode of Yama’ = death)

Speaker

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

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu (Setubandha/Rāmeśvara)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Durgā, radiant and battle-ready, pierces the massive asura-ministers with her śūla; fallen bodies lie as she ‘dispatches’ them to Yama’s realm, while her gaṇas surge behind her.

Characters & Entities

• Durgā
• Mahiṣāsura
• Yama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma, even when supported by powerful allies, is cut down by divine justice; the Devī protects dharma decisively.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader frame is Setukhaṇḍa (Setu/Rāmeśvara sacred region), though this verse itself focuses on the battle episode rather than a particular tīrtha act.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it is narrative action describing the Devī’s slaying of the demon’s ministers.