Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

मातंग्याः सह कर्णाटदानवेन नृपोत्तम

Transliteration

mātaṃgyāḥ saha karṇāṭadānavena nṛpottama

Translation

ข้าแต่นรปติผู้ประเสริฐ กับพระแม่มาตังคี (ได้มีการรบ) กับอสูรกรณาฏะ

Word by Word

• मातङ्ग्याः: of Mātaṅgī
• मातङ्ग्याः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातङ्गी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-योगे अव्यय; सह + तृतीया (instrumental) अपेक्षा

• कर्णाटदानवेन: with the Karnāṭa demon
• कर्णाटदानवेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्णाट (प्रातिपदिक) + दानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; समासः—कर्णाटः दानवः (कर्मधारय)

• नृपोत्तम: O best of kings
• नृपोत्तम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; समासः—नृपाणाम् उत्तमः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Vyāsa (narrative voice implied in this passage)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (contextually Yudhiṣṭhira)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Mātaṅgī confronts the Karṇāṭa demon amid the forest-battle—her stance firm, weapons poised, the demon depicted with regional martial attire and asuric features.

Characters & Entities

• Mātaṅgī
• Karṇāṭa Dānava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is defended through divine agency when hostile forces (daityas/dānavas) disturb sacred order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse remains within the Dharmāraṇya account; it does not name a particular bathing-place or shrine.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a brief battle-linking line.