Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

तस्यापरे च गात्रेषु दशनांश्चन्यपातयन् । अपरे मुष्टिभिः पृष्ठं किंकरास्ताडयंति च

Transliteration

tasyāpare ca gātreṣu daśanāṃścanyapātayan | apare muṣṭibhiḥ pṛṣṭhaṃ kiṃkarāstāḍayaṃti ca

Translation

ບາງຄົນຕີແຂນຂາຂອງລາວ ແລະ ເຮັດໃຫ້ແຂ້ວຂອງລາວຫຼົ່ນອອກ; ສ່ວນຄົນອື່ນໆ—ບໍລິວານຂອງພະຍາຍົມ—ໄດ້ສືບຕໍ່ທຸບຕີຫຼັງຂອງລາວດ້ວຍກຳປັ້ນ.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अपरे: others
• अपरे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

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

• गात्रेषु: on the limbs
• गात्रेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन

• दशनान्: teeth
• दशनान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

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

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• अपातयन्: made (them) fall/knocked down
• अपातयन्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative sense: ‘caused to fall’)

• अपरे: others
• अपरे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• मुष्टिभिः: with fists
• मुष्टिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• पृष्ठम्: back
• पृष्ठम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• किंकराः: servants/attendants
• किंकराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• ताडयन्ति: strike/beat
• ताडयन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ताड् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

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

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced: Māheśvara-khaṇḍa narration to sages)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brutal hand-to-hand combat: blows land on limbs; teeth scatter; Yama-like attendants pound the back with fists in relentless rhythm, dust rising around the struggling figure.

Characters & Entities

• Kiṅkaras (servants of Yama)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unchecked aggression meets resistance; Purāṇic narrative frames violence as leading to further suffering and confrontation with Yama’s order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it is a narrative episode within Kaumārikā-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it describes a conflict with Yama’s attendants.