Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

या पुरा पार्वतीदेहाद्विनिःसृत्य महासुरौ । चंडमुंडौ निहत्यैव भक्षयामास क्रोधतः

Transliteration

yā purā pārvatīdehādviniḥsṛtya mahāsurau | caṃḍamuṃḍau nihatyaiva bhakṣayāmāsa krodhataḥ

Translation

وہی جو کبھی پاروتی کے جسم سے ظاہر ہوئی اور غضب میں عظیم اسور چنڈ اور مُنڈ کو مار کر پھر انہیں نگل گئی۔

Word by Word

• yā: she who
• yā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• purā: formerly
• purā: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb)

• pārvatīdehāt: from Pārvatī’s body
• pārvatīdehāt: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārvatī + deha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ("Pārvatī's body")

• viniḥsṛtya: having come out
• viniḥsṛtya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi+nis+sṛ (धातु)
• Form: कृत्—क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), अव्यय; धातु: सृ (सरणे) उपसर्गाः वि-निस्-

• mahāsurau: two great demons
• mahāsurau: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + asura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), द्विवचन; कर्मधारयः ("great asuras")

• caṃḍamuṃḍau: Caṇḍa and Muṇḍa
• caṃḍamuṃḍau: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caṃḍa + muṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), द्विवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः

• nihatya: having slain
• nihatya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni+han (धातु)
• Form: कृत्—क्त्वा (absolutive), अव्यय; धातु: हन् (हिंसायाम्) उपसर्गः नि-

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात

• bhakṣayāmāsa: devoured
• bhakṣayāmāsa: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhakṣ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; धातु: भक्ष् (भक्षणे)

• krodhataḥ: out of anger
• krodhataḥ: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: krodha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी-प्रयोगः अव्ययवत् (ablative used adverbially); हेत्वर्थे ("out of anger")

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa), contextually narrating to sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: From Pārvatī’s body bursts a dark, blazing Caṇḍikā/Kālī-like form; she slays Caṇḍa and Muṇḍa amid battlefield smoke and then devours them in wrath.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī
• Caṇḍa
• Muṇḍa
• Caṇḍikā (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Devī manifests to destroy adharma; righteous wrath is portrayed as protection of cosmic order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No explicit tirtha is named in this verse; it supports the chapter’s Devī-māhātmya by recounting her demon-slaying identity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse functions as a mythic basis for Caṇḍikā worship, especially in Navamī contexts.