Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

तया संताडयामास मथनं हृदये दृढम् । स पपात तथा भूमौ चूर्णितांगो ममार च

Transliteration

tayā saṃtāḍayāmāsa mathanaṃ hṛdaye dṛḍham | sa papāta tathā bhūmau cūrṇitāṃgo mamāra ca

Translation

ആ ഗദ കൊണ്ട് അദ്ദേഹം മഥനന്റെ ഹൃദയത്തിൽ ശക്തമായി പ്രഹരിച്ചു. അവൻ നിലത്തു വീണു; അവയവങ്ങൾ തകർന്ന് അവൻ മരിക്കുകയും ചെയ്തു.

Word by Word

• तया: with that (mace)
• तया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; गदाया निर्देशः

• संताडयामास: struck repeatedly/smit
• संताडयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-√ताड् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Periphrastic Perfect/परिप्रयोग-लिट्), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• मथनम्: Mathana
• मथनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मथन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• हृदये: in the heart
• हृदये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• दृढम्: firmly
• दृढम्: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृढ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (as adverbial accusative: firmly)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पपात: fell
• पपात: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पत् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: thus/so)

• भूमौ: on the ground
• भूमौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• चूर्णितांगः: with limbs crushed to pieces
• चूर्णितांगः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चूर्णित-अङ्ग (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √चूर्ण्/चूर्णय् + क्त + अङ्ग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् सः

• ममार: died
• ममार: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction: and)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viṣṇu swings the gadā and strikes Mathana directly in the heart; Mathana collapses, body shattered, lying lifeless on the earth as dust settles.

Characters & Entities

• Mathana
• Viṣṇu (implied via prior verse)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma that hardens the heart meets a fitting end; the Purāṇas portray divine justice as swift and exact.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned; the focus is the moral force of dharma in a battlefield setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is purely narrative.