Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 98

Devanagari script

मातंगी च ततः क्रुद्धा वक्त्रे चिक्षेप दानवम् । ततोऽपि दानवो रौद्रो नासारंध्रेण निर्गतः

Transliteration

mātaṃgī ca tataḥ kruddhā vaktre cikṣepa dānavam | tato'pi dānavo raudro nāsāraṃdhreṇa nirgataḥ

Translation

تب ماتنگی نے غصے میں آکر دانو کو اپنے منہ میں ڈال لیا۔ پھر بھی وہ خوفناک دانو ناک کے نتھنے سے باہر نکل آیا۔

Word by Word

• mātaṃgī: Mātaṅgī (goddess)
• mātaṃgī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mātaṃgī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (and)

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikaraṇa (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): ततः (then/thereupon)

• kruddhā: angered
• kruddhā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kruddha (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-विशेषण from धातु क्रुध्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; भूतकृदन्त (past participle) ‘क्रुद्धा’ (angered)

• vaktre: into the mouth
• vaktre: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaktra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Loc.), एकवचनम्; अधिकरणम् (in/into the mouth)

• cikṣepa: threw
• cikṣepa: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṣip (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; अर्थः—चिक्षेप (threw/cast)

• dānavam: the demon
• dānavam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Acc.), एकवचनम्

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikaraṇa (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): ततः (then/thereupon)

• api: also, even
• api: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि (also/even)

• dānavaḥ: the demon
• dānavaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• raudraḥ: fierce, furious
• raudraḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: raudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (of dānavaḥ)

• nāsāraṃdhreṇa: through the nostril-opening
• nāsāraṃdhreṇa: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāsā + raṃdhra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instr.), एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—नासायाः रन्ध्रम्; करणम् (through/by the nostril-opening)

• nirgataḥ: came out, emerged
• nirgataḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: nir + gam (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; भूतकृदन्त (past participle) ‘निर्गतः’ (having come out)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator in Dharmāraṇya context; speaker not explicit in the excerpt)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Mātaṅgī, enraged, flings the demon into her mouth; astonishingly, the furious dānava bursts out through her nostril, escaping and returning to battle.

Characters & Entities

• Mātaṅgī
• Dānava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Evil may appear resilient, yet it remains within the Goddess’s domain; divine sovereignty ultimately contains and overcomes demonic force.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya is the sacred setting; the verse is primarily mythic narration rather than a direct tirtha-panegyric.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it describes the demon’s attempted escape and the intensity of the conflict.