Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

इयमेवांधकानां च तृषिता शोणितं पुनः । पपौ ततो निजग्राह चांधकं भगवान्भवः

Transliteration

iyamevāṃdhakānāṃ ca tṛṣitā śoṇitaṃ punaḥ | papau tato nijagrāha cāṃdhakaṃ bhagavānbhavaḥ

Translation

ఆమె తానే దాహంతో అంధకుల రక్తాన్ని మళ్లీ త్రాగింది; ఆపై భగవాన్ భవుడు (శివుడు) అంధకుణ్ణి పట్టుకున్నాడు।

Word by Word

• iyam: this (she)
• iyam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात

• āṃdhakānām: of the Andhakas
• āṃdhakānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āṃdhaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपात

• tṛṣitā: thirsty
• tṛṣitā: Karta (Predicate/कर्ता-भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tṛṣ (धातु)
• Form: कृत्—क्त (past participle used adjectivally), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; धातु: तृष् (तृषायाम्)

• śoṇitam: blood
• śoṇitam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śoṇita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• punaḥ: again
• punaḥ: Kāla (Adverbial/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरावृत्ति-वाचक-अव्यय (adverb)

• papau: drank
• papau: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pā (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; धातु: पा (पाने)

• tataḥ: then; thereafter
• tataḥ: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), तस्मात्/ततः=then/thereupon

• nijagrāha: seized; captured
• nijagrāha: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni+grah (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; धातु: ग्रह् (ग्रहणे) उपसर्गः नि-

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपात

• āṃdhakam: Andhaka
• āṃdhakam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āṃdhaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• bhagavān: the blessed; venerable
• bhagavān: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• bhavaḥ: Bhava (Śiva)
• bhavaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; शिव-नाम

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa Sūta (deduced: Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative voice)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī, fierce and thirsting, drinks the blood of the Andhakas to stop their spread; immediately after, Śiva (Bhava) grasps Andhaka, immobilizing him amid a stormy battlefield.

Characters & Entities

• Andhaka
• Andhakas
• Bhava (Śiva)
• Devī (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine forces act in harmony: Devī subdues demonic vitality while Śiva restrains the demon—showing coordinated protection of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the mythic account supporting the chapter’s tīrtha-māhātmya; the explicit site is addressed more directly in the kuṇḍa/tīrtha verses.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual instruction appears here; it is narrative groundwork for later tīrtha-phalā statements.