Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

मातंग्याः सह कर्णाटदानवेन नृपोत्तम

Transliteration

mātaṃgyāḥ saha karṇāṭadānavena nṛpottama

Translation

اے بہترین بادشاہ! ماتنگی کے ساتھ کرناٹ دانَو کے ساتھ (وہاں) گھمسان کا مقابلہ ہوا۔

Word by Word

• मातङ्ग्याः: of Mātaṅgī
• मातङ्ग्याः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातङ्गी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-योगे अव्यय; सह + तृतीया (instrumental) अपेक्षा

• कर्णाटदानवेन: with the Karnāṭa demon
• कर्णाटदानवेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्णाट (प्रातिपदिक) + दानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; समासः—कर्णाटः दानवः (कर्मधारय)

• नृपोत्तम: O best of kings
• नृपोत्तम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; समासः—नृपाणाम् उत्तमः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Vyāsa (narrative voice implied in this passage)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (contextually Yudhiṣṭhira)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Mātaṅgī confronts the Karṇāṭa demon amid the forest-battle—her stance firm, weapons poised, the demon depicted with regional martial attire and asuric features.

Characters & Entities

• Mātaṅgī
• Karṇāṭa Dānava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is defended through divine agency when hostile forces (daityas/dānavas) disturb sacred order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse remains within the Dharmāraṇya account; it does not name a particular bathing-place or shrine.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a brief battle-linking line.