Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

ततो भग्नं बलं दृष्ट्वा महिषः क्रोधमूर्छितः । तामुवाच क्रुधा देवीं वचनैः परुषाक्षरैः

Transliteration

tato bhagnaṃ balaṃ dṛṣṭvā mahiṣaḥ krodhamūrchitaḥ | tāmuvāca krudhā devīṃ vacanaiḥ paruṣākṣaraiḥ

Translation

မိမိစစ်တပ် ပျက်စီးသွားသည်ကို မြင်လျှင် မဟိဿသည် ဒေါသမူးမောကာ၊ ဒေဝီအား ဒေါသဖြင့် ကြမ်းတမ်းစူးရှသော စကားလုံးများဖြင့် ပြောဆိုလေ၏။

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then, thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): 'thereupon/then'

• bhagnam: broken, routed
• bhagnam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhagna (कृदन्त; √bhañj भञ्ज्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) — 'broken/defeated' (agreeing with बलम्)

• balam: army, force
• balam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन (object of दृष्ट्वा)

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial to main action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (दृश्)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive): 'having seen'

• mahiṣaḥ: the buffalo(-demon)
• mahiṣaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahiṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन

• krodha-mūrchitaḥ: overcome by anger
• krodha-mūrchitaḥ: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: krodha (प्रातिपदिक) + mūrchita (कृदन्त; √mūrch मूर्छ्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/उपपद-समासार्थ: 'by/with anger' + 'fainted/overpowered' → 'overcome by anger'

• tām: her
• tām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन (object of उवाच)

• uvāca: said, spoke
• uvāca: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (वच्)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; 'said/spoke'

• krudhā: angrily
• krudhā: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: krudhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (instrumental-usage adverb): 'in anger/angrily'

• devīm: the goddess
• devīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन (apposition to ताम्)

• vacanaiḥ: with words
• vacanaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया बहुवचन (instrument: 'with words')

• paruṣa-akṣaraiḥ: with harsh syllables/words
• paruṣa-akṣaraiḥ: Karana (Instrument-qualifier/करणविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: paruṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + akṣara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया बहुवचन; कर्मधारय: 'harsh' + 'syllables/letters' → 'harsh-syllabled' (qualifying vacanaiḥ)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Mahīṣa, seeing his forces shattered, turns toward the Goddess with a face contorted by rage, speaking harshly amid a battlefield strewn with broken weapons and fleeing troops.

Characters & Entities

• Mahiṣa
• Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When ego is wounded, adharma expresses itself as abusive speech; such anger is a sign of inner defeat.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it functions as part of a larger tīrtha-centered narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.