Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

चतस्रश्चापि ता दंष्ट्रा योजनानां शतंशतम् । इतरे त्वस्य दशना बभूबुर्दशयोजनाः

Transliteration

catasraścāpi tā daṃṣṭrā yojanānāṃ śataṃśatam | itare tvasya daśanā babhūburdaśayojanāḥ

Translation

เขี้ยวทั้งสี่นั้นแต่ละซี่แผ่ยาวถึงร้อยร้อยโยชน์; ส่วนฟันอื่น ๆ ของมันแต่ละซี่ยาวสิบโยชน์

Word by Word

• चतस्रः: four
• चतस्रः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतस् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन; ‘दंष्ट्राः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha/Emphasis (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावना/समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (also/even)

• ताः: those
• ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन

• दंष्ट्राः: tusks
• दंष्ट्राः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दंष्ट्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन

• योजनानाम्: of yojanas
• योजनानाम्: Sambandha (Measure-genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Pramana (Measure/परिमाण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; परिमाणवाचक

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Pramana (Measure/परिमाण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति—‘hundreds of hundreds’

• इतरे: the other
• इतरे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इतर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन; ‘दशनाः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• तु: but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक-अव्यय (but/however)

• अस्य: of him/of this one
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• दशनाः: teeth
• दशनाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन

• बभूवुः: became/were
• बभूवुः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• दशयोजनाः: ten-yojana (in length)
• दशयोजनाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दश + योजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन; ‘दशनाः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्; द्विगु-समास (numeral compound)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Cyavaneśvara-mahātmya setting)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A colossal asura-form (Mada) is described through its teeth: four enormous fangs of unimaginable length, with other teeth still gigantic—establishing terror through scale.

Characters & Entities

• Mada
• Yojana (measure)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa uses immense scale to portray how destructive forces can become immeasurable when born from misused spiritual power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, within whose māhātmya these extraordinary events are narrated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse gives measured description (yojana) to emphasize magnitude, not a ritual instruction.