Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

तुण्डेन निजघानैकान्सुराघातैस्तथापरान् । निश्वासवायुभिश्चान्यान्पातयामास रोषितः

Transliteration

tuṇḍena nijaghānaikānsurāghātaistathāparān | niśvāsavāyubhiścānyānpātayāmāsa roṣitaḥ

Translation

ด้วยความพิโรธ เขาใช้จมูกกระแทกบางพวกให้ล้ม ใช้แรงฟาดดุจสัตว์ดุร้ายกับบางพวก และยังทำให้ผู้อื่นล้มลงด้วยลมพ่นจากลมหายใจของตน

Word by Word

• तुण्डेन: with (his) snout/beak
• तुण्डेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन; करण

• निजघान: (he) struck down
• निजघान: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + हन् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘struck down’

• एकान्: some
• एकान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण (some/certain)

• सुराघातैः: with mighty blows
• सुराघातैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुराघात (प्रातिपदिक: सुर + आघात)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), बहुवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (‘blows of heroes/gods’)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial modifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/समुच्चय (likewise/so)

• अपरान्: others
• अपरान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अपर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण (others)

• निश्वासवायुभिः: with winds of (his) breath
• निश्वासवायुभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निश्वासवायु (प्रातिपदिक: निश्वास + वायु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (‘breath-winds’)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (and)

• अन्यान्: others
• अन्यान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• पातयामास: made (them) fall
• पातयामास: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु)
• Form: णिच्-प्रयोग (causative) + लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘caused to fall’

• रोषितः: angered
• रोषितः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रुष् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past participle used adjectivally); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘angered’

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa addressing sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu (Setubandha/Rāmeśvara)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The buffalo-asura lashes with snout and brute blows; visible gusts of breath sweep across the field, sending gaṇas tumbling like leaves; dust spirals and banners snap in the wind.

Characters & Entities

• Mahiṣāsura
• Devī-gaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Uncontrolled anger becomes destructive power; the Purāṇas portray it as an asuric trait destined to be checked by divine order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Setu region is the textual frame, but no individual tīrtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a battlefield narration.