Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 174
Devanagari script
विव्याध पुनरेकैकं दशभिर्मर्मभेदिभिः । तथा च मातलिं दैत्यो विव्याध त्रिभिराशुगैः
Transliteration
vivyādha punarekaikaṃ daśabhirmarmabhedibhiḥ | tathā ca mātaliṃ daityo vivyādha tribhirāśugaiḥ
Translation
വീണ്ടും അവൻ ഓരോരുത്തരെയും മർമ്മഭേദിയായ പത്ത് പത്ത് അമ്പുകളാൽ വേധിച്ചു; ദൈത്യൻ മാതലിയെയും മൂന്ന് വേഗമുള്ള അമ്പുകളാൽ പ്രഹരിച്ചു।
Word by Word
विव्याधpierced/wounded
विव्याध:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootव्यध् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
पुनःagain
पुनः:
Sambandha (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः (अव्यय)
Formपुनरावृत्ति-अव्यय (adverb)
एकैकम्each one (separately)
एकैकम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootएक + एक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म-विशेषण), एकवचन; समासः (द्वन्द्व) = 'एकं च एकं च' → 'each one'
दशभिःwith ten (arrows)
दशभिः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootदश (प्रातिपदिक)
Form(सर्वलिङ्ग-प्रयोग), तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक
मर्मभेदिभिःwith vital-part-piercing (arrows)
मर्मभेदिभिः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमर्म + भेदिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मर्मणां भेदी)
तथाlikewise
तथा:
Sambandha (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formरीति-अव्यय (adverb: 'likewise')
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
मातलिम्Mātali (Indra’s charioteer)
मातलिम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमातलि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन
दैत्यःthe Daitya (demon)
दैत्यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन
विव्याधpierced/wounded
विव्याध:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootव्यध् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
त्रिभिःwith three (arrows)
त्रिभिः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootत्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
Form(सर्वलिङ्ग-प्रयोग), तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक
आशुगैःwith swift (arrows)
आशुगैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootआशुग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन; विशेषण (शराणां)
Speaker
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced: Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narration to sages)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Close-up intensity: the daitya’s ten ‘vital-point’ arrows strike each deity at joints and armor seams; Mātali, holding reins, is hit by three swift shafts, his posture jolting as the chariot lurches.
Characters & Entities
M
MātaliD
Daitya (Tāraka implied)FAQs
Dharma’s servants may be afflicted, yet their role in sustaining divine order remains; endurance in service is praised.
No tīrtha is mentioned.
None.