Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

ततः पानवशा न्मत्ता जहासारुणलोचना । महिषः सोऽपि गर्वेण शृंगाभ्यां पर्वतोत्करान्

Transliteration

tataḥ pānavaśā nmattā jahāsāruṇalocanā | mahiṣaḥ so'pi garveṇa śṛṃgābhyāṃ parvatotkarān

Translation

Puis, vaincue par la boisson, elle s’enivra et éclata de rire, les yeux rougeoyants. Ce démon-buffle aussi, gonflé d’orgueil, soulevait de ses cornes des amas de montagnes.

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Temporal/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक/adverb)

• पानवशा: overpowered by drink
• पानवशा: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण) (of ‘मत्ता’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पानवश (प्रातिपदिक: पान + वश)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘पानस्य वशे’ (under the sway of drink)

• मत्ता: intoxicated
• मत्ता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता) (implicit ‘सा’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मद् (धातु) → मत्त (कृदन्त/क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘उन्मत्ता’

• जहास: she laughed
• जहास: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हस् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अरुणलोचना: red-eyed
• अरुणलोचना: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective/विशेषण) (of the subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अरुणलोचना (प्रातिपदिक: अरुण + लोचना)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘अरुणे लोचने यस्याः’

• महिषः: the buffalo (demon)
• महिषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महिष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता) (apposition to ‘महिषः’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अपि: also; even
• अपि: Sambandha/Emphasis (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle): ‘also/even’

• गर्वेण: with pride
• गर्वेण: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• शृंगाभ्याम्: with (his) two horns
• शृंगाभ्याम्: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शृंग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, द्विवचन

• पर्वतोत्करान्: heaps/masses of mountains
• पर्वतोत्करान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वतोत्कर (प्रातिपदिक: पर्वत + उत्कर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; speaker not explicit in this snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setukṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis / tīrtha-seekers (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bhadrakālī, eyes red, laughing in intoxication; Mahīṣāsura in buffalo form, prideful, lifting and flinging mountain-heaps with his horns.

Characters & Entities

• Bhadrakālī
• Mahīṣāsura

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Intoxication and pride amplify chaos; the Purāṇas portray such excess as the prelude to downfall when opposed to divine order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Setu sacred landscape is the broader setting; the episode contributes to Setu’s māhātmya by presenting it as a theater of divine protection.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is descriptive, emphasizing the demon’s pride and the goddess’s fierce readiness.