Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

करमुष्टिप्रहारेण सोऽपि देव्या निपातितः । ततो देवी मदोन्मत्तं गदया व्यसुमातनोत्

Transliteration

karamuṣṭiprahāreṇa so'pi devyā nipātitaḥ | tato devī madonmattaṃ gadayā vyasumātanot

Translation

เขาผู้นั้นก็ถูกพระเทวีโค่นลงด้วยการฟาดด้วยฝ่ามือและกำปั้น; แล้วพระเทวีทรงใช้คทาทุบศัตรูผู้เมามัวให้สิ้นชีวิต

Word by Word

• करमुष्टिप्रहारेण: by a blow of the fist/hand
• करमुष्टिप्रहारेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर + मुष्टि + प्रहार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (करमुष्ट्या प्रहारः; तेन)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपि-भाव (also/even)

• देव्या: by the goddess
• देव्या: Kartr-karana (Agent in passive/कर्तृ-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• निपातितः: was struck down
• निपातितः: Kriya (Predicate in passive/कर्मणि विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि + पत् (धातु) → निपातित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; णिच् causative)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त/PPP); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगः

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमसूचक

• देवी: the goddess
• देवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• मदोन्मत्तम्: maddened with intoxication
• मदोन्मत्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मद + उन्मत्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (मदेन उन्मत्तः)

• गदया: with a mace
• गदया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• व्यसुमातनोत्: deprived (him) of life / slew
• व्यसुमातनोत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + असु + मा + तन् (धातु; √तन् ‘to stretch/spread’, causative nuance)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist/भूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; उपसर्गः वि-; ‘असु’ (प्राण) + ‘मा’ (वियोग/निषेधार्थक-उपसर्गवत्) इत्यादि समास/उपपद-सम्बन्धेन ‘प्राणान् व्यतनोत्/वियोजितवती’ अर्थः

Speaker

Sūta (contextual deduction)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setukṣetra (Setubandha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Karāla is felled by the Goddess’ bare-handed blows; then an intoxicated enemy staggers, only to be crushed by her mace—dynamic, close-range, dust swirling around their feet.

Characters & Entities

• Ambikā (Devī)
• Karāla (implied as the felled one)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pride-intoxication (mada) is a chief enemy of dharma; Devī subdues it directly, showing that arrogance is spiritually fatal.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu-kṣetra is the implied sacred setting where Devī’s protection is praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual instruction is stated.