Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 25
Devanagari script
प्रासेन ताडयामास ग्रसनं वदने दृढम् । स तु प्राप्तप्रहारेण मूर्छितो न्यपतद्भुवि
Transliteration
prāsena tāḍayāmāsa grasanaṃ vadane dṛḍham | sa tu prāptaprahāreṇa mūrchito nyapatadbhuvi
Translation
Gamit ang isang sibat, pinalo niya nang matibay si Grasana sa mukha. Tinamaan ng hampas na iyon, si Grasana ay hinimatay at bumagsak sa lupa.
Word by Word
प्रासेनwith a spear
प्रासेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रास (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (singular)
ताडयामासstruck
ताडयामास:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootताड् (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपदम्; causative stem (णिच्)
ग्रसनम्Grasana (name)
ग्रसनम्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootग्रसन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)
वदनेin the mouth/face
वदने:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootवदन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (singular)
दृढम्firmly, hard
दृढम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootदृढ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular); विशेषणम् (qualifying the blow/strike implied)
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
तुbut/indeed
तु:
Sambandha (Discourse connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle: but/indeed)
प्राप्तप्रहारेणby the blow received
प्राप्तप्रहारेण:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootप्राप्त + प्रहार (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (masculine), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; समासः: प्राप्तः प्रहारः यस्य/येन (कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः: ‘received blow’)
मूर्छितःfainted, unconscious
मूर्छितः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootमूर्छित (√मूर्छ् + क्त, कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)
न्यपतत्fell down
न्यपतत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootनि-√पत् (धातु)
Formलङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्; ‘ny-’ = निपात-पूर्वक (ni)
भुविon the ground
भुवि:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootभू (प्रातिपदिक: भुव्/भूमि)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (singular)
Speaker
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), narrating to the sages
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A spear thrust lands squarely on Grasana’s face; the demon reels, eyes rolling, and collapses unconscious onto the earth as dust rises around the fallen body.
Characters & Entities
G
GrasanaY
YamaFAQs
Purāṇic battle scenes remind that arrogance collapses swiftly; worldly power is fragile when confronted by the instruments of cosmic order.
No holy site is referenced in this verse.
None.