Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

स्थापयामास तत्रैव तस्थौ सा चातिपीडिता । ततः क्रुद्धा महारावं कृत्वाप्लुत्य दुहद्रुहा

Transliteration

sthāpayāmāsa tatraiva tasthau sā cātipīḍitā | tataḥ kruddhā mahārāvaṃ kṛtvāplutya duhadruhā

Translation

เขากดนางไว้ ณ ที่นั้นเอง นางยืนอยู่ด้วยความเจ็บช้ำยิ่ง ครั้นแล้วทุหทรุหาโกรธเกรี้ยว เปล่งคำรามมหึมาแล้วกระโจนขึ้น

Word by Word

• sthāpayāmāsa: caused to stand/placed
• sthāpayāmāsa: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (धातु) [णिच् causative]
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिजन्त (Causative)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Adverb of place)

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Nipāta (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Emphatic particle)

• tasthau: stood
• tasthau: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

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

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Conjunction)

• atipīḍitā: greatly afflicted/pressed
• atipīḍitā: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ati-pīḍ (धातु)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Sequence/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Adverb)

• kruddhā: angry
• kruddhā: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: krudh (धातु)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि/भावे कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त ‘kruddha’), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• mahā-rāvam: a great roar
• mahā-rāvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + rāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (mahān rāvaḥ)

• kṛtvā: having made
• kṛtvā: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Prior action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund), ‘having made/done’

• plutya: having leapt
• plutya: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Prior action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: plu (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund), ‘having leapt/sprung’

• duhadruhā: Duhadruhā (the mare)
• duhadruhā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: duhadruhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The hero pins the creature down; she stands crushed and pained. Then Duhadruhā, furious, emits a massive roar and springs upward, renewing the threat.

Characters & Entities

• Duhadruhā
• Barbarīka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unchecked fury and violence recoil upon the aggressor when confronted by disciplined strength.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative is etiological, preparing for a place-name/village tradition connected with Duhadruhā (explicitly stated later).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse continues the combat narrative.