Shloka 99

Kārttikeya-Abhiṣecana: Mātṛgaṇa-Nāma Saṃkīrtana and Skanda’s Commission

Devanagari script

हस्तिनासा: कूर्मनासा वृकनासास्तथा परे । दीर्घोच्छवासा दीर्घजड़्घा विकराला हाधोमुखा:,किन्हींकी नाक हाथी-जैसी, किन्हींकी कछुओंके समान और किन्‍्हींकी भेड़ियों-जैसी थी। कोई लंबी साँस लेते थे। किन्हींकी जाँघें बहुत बड़ी थीं। किन्हींका मुख नीचेकी ओर था और वे विकराल दिखायी देते थे

Transliteration

hastināsāḥ kūrmanāsā vṛkanāsās tathā pare | dīrghocchvāsā dīrghajaṅghā vikarālā hādhomukhāḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “Some had noses like elephants, some like tortoises, and others like wolves. Some breathed with long, heavy exhalations; some had exceedingly long thighs. Some were dreadful to behold, with faces turned downward.”

Word by Word

हस्तिनासाःhaving an elephant-like nose

कूर्मनासाःhaving a tortoise-like nose

वृकनासाःhaving a wolf-like nose

तथाthus; likewise

परेothers

दीर्घोच्छ्वासाःhaving long breaths

दीर्घजङ्घाःhaving long thighs/legs

विकरालाःhideous; terrifying

अधोमुखाःhaving faces turned downward

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes