Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

क्रुद्धं कपालिनं दैत्यः प्रचलत्कर्णपल्लवः । भवं च दन्तैर्बिभिदे नाभिदेशे जगासुरः

Transliteration

kruddhaṃ kapālinaṃ daityaḥ pracalatkarṇapallavaḥ | bhavaṃ ca dantairbibhide nābhideśe jagāsuraḥ

Translation

怒れる魔は耳朶をはためかせてカパーリーを傷つけ、さらに象のアスラは牙でバヴァ（シヴァ）を臍のあたりで突き貫いた。

Word by Word

• kruddham: angry
• kruddham: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √krudh (धातु) (क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त (past participial adjective), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन

• kapālinam: Kapālin (Śiva)
• kapālinam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kapālin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन

• daityaḥ: the demon
• daityaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन

• pracalat-karṇa-pallavaḥ: whose ear-flaps were flapping/moving
• pracalat-karṇa-pallavaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pracalat (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + karṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + pallava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि (yasya karṇa-pallavau pracalatau)

• bhavam: Bhava (Śiva)
• bhavam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय (conjunction)

• dantaiḥ: with (his) teeth
• dantaiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: danta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/करण), बहुवचन

• bibhide: pierced, split
• bibhide: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhid (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• nābhi-deśe: in the navel-region
• nābhi-deśe: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nābhi (प्रातिपदिक) + deśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (nābheḥ deśaḥ)

• jaga: went/attacked (advanced upon)
• jaga: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• asuraḥ: the asura
• asuraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The elephant-asura, ears flaring like moving leaves, charges and drives tusks into Bhava’s navel region; Kapālī is also struck—an image of violent proximity and massive force.

Characters & Entities

• Kapālī
• Bhava
• Gajāsura

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even when adharma strikes fiercely, the Purāṇas show divine steadiness—conflict becomes a stage for the restoration of order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None is mentioned.