Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 12
Devanagari script
मथनं दशभिश्चैव शुम्भं पंचभिरेव च । शतेन महिषं क्रुद्धो विव्याधोरसि माधवः
Transliteration
mathanaṃ daśabhiścaiva śumbhaṃ paṃcabhireva ca | śatena mahiṣaṃ kruddho vivyādhorasi mādhavaḥ
Translation
ക്രുദ്ധനായ മാധവൻ മഥനനെ പത്ത് അമ്പുകളാൽ, ശുംഭനെ അഞ്ചു അമ്പുകളാൽ, മഹിഷനെ നൂറ് അമ്പുകളാൽ വക്ഷസ്സിൽ കുത്തിവെച്ചു।
Word by Word
मथनम्Mathana (a demon named Mathana)
मथनम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमथन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन
दशभिःwith ten (arrows)
दशभिः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootदश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन; संख्याविशेषण
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
एवindeed/just
एव:
Sambandha (Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formनिश्चय/अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)
शुम्भम्Śumbha (demon Śumbha)
शुम्भम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootशुम्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन
पञ्चभिःwith five (arrows)
पञ्चभिः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपञ्च (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन; संख्याविशेषण
एवindeed/just
एव:
Sambandha (Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formनिश्चय/अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
शतेनwith a hundred (arrows)
शतेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootशत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; संख्याविशेषण
महिषम्Mahiṣa (the buffalo-demon)
महिषम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमहिष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन
क्रुद्धःangered
क्रुद्धः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootक्रुध् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (to Mādhava)
विव्याधpierced
विव्याध:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootव्यध् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद
उरसिin the chest
उरसि:
Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootउरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन
माधवःMādhava (Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa)
माधवः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमाधव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन
Speaker
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Mādhava in a chariot-like stance (or on Garuḍa nearby), loosing rapid volleys: ten arrows at Mathana, five at Śumbha, and a hundred piercing Mahiṣa’s chest; daityas recoil amid dust and flashing weapons.
Characters & Entities
M
MādhavaM
MathanaŚ
ŚumbhaM
MahiṣaM
MahiṣāsuraFAQs
When adharma becomes entrenched, the divine responds proportionately and decisively to protect cosmic order.
None is named in this verse; it belongs to a martial episode rather than a pilgrimage description.
None.