Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

तया संताडयामास मथनं हृदये दृढम् । स पपात तथा भूमौ चूर्णितांगो ममार च

Transliteration

tayā saṃtāḍayāmāsa mathanaṃ hṛdaye dṛḍham | sa papāta tathā bhūmau cūrṇitāṃgo mamāra ca

Translation

اس (گرز) سے اس نے متھن کے دل پر زور دار وار کیا۔ وہ زمین پر گر پڑا؛ اس کے اعضاء چور چور ہو گئے اور وہ مر گیا۔

Word by Word

• तया: with that (mace)
• तया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; गदाया निर्देशः

• संताडयामास: struck repeatedly/smit
• संताडयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-√ताड् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Periphrastic Perfect/परिप्रयोग-लिट्), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• मथनम्: Mathana
• मथनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मथन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• हृदये: in the heart
• हृदये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृदय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• दृढम्: firmly
• दृढम्: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दृढ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (as adverbial accusative: firmly)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पपात: fell
• पपात: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पत् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: thus/so)

• भूमौ: on the ground
• भूमौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• चूर्णितांगः: with limbs crushed to pieces
• चूर्णितांगः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चूर्णित-अङ्ग (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √चूर्ण्/चूर्णय् + क्त + अङ्ग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् सः

• ममार: died
• ममार: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction: and)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viṣṇu swings the gadā and strikes Mathana directly in the heart; Mathana collapses, body shattered, lying lifeless on the earth as dust settles.

Characters & Entities

• Mathana
• Viṣṇu (implied via prior verse)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma that hardens the heart meets a fitting end; the Purāṇas portray divine justice as swift and exact.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned; the focus is the moral force of dharma in a battlefield setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is purely narrative.