Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 152
Devanagari script
सिंहस्कंधं च सा देवी ततस्तमध्यरोहत । खड्गेन तीक्ष्णेन शिरो देवी तस्य न्यकृंतत
Transliteration
siṃhaskaṃdhaṃ ca sā devī tatastamadhyarohata | khaḍgena tīkṣṇena śiro devī tasya nyakṛṃtata
Translation
پھر شیرانہ شان والی دیوی اس پر سوار ہوئیں؛ اور تیز خڈگ سے دیوی نے اس کا سر قلم کر دیا۔
Word by Word
सिंहस्कन्धम्the lion’s shoulder/back
सिंहस्कन्धम्:
Adhikarana/Deshya (Locus as object of mounting)
TypeNoun
Rootसिंह-स्कन्ध (प्रातिपदिक; सिंह + स्कन्ध)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction/particle)
साshe
सा:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
देवीthe goddess
देवी:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
ततःthen, thereafter
ततः:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, क्रम/अनन्तरार्थक (adverb: thereafter)
तम्him/that one
तम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
अध्यरोहतmounted, climbed upon
अध्यरोहत:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअधि-रुह् (धातु)
Formलङ् (Imperfect/Past), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)
खड्गेनwith a sword
खड्गेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootखड्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)
तीक्ष्णेनsharp
तीक्ष्णेन:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootतीक्ष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)
शिरःhead
शिरः:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootशिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
देवीthe goddess
देवी:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
तस्यof him
तस्य:
Sambandha (Possessor)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine/Neuter), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)
न्यकृन्ततcut off
न्यकृन्तत:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootनि-√कृत्/कृन्त् (धातु; छेदने)
Formलङ् (Imperfect/Past), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)
Speaker
Deductive: Purāṇic narrator (likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: The Devī, lion-shouldered in heroic poise, mounts the colossal buffalo; with a gleaming sword she strikes—one clean arc—severing the head as divine light bursts forth and the battlefield stills.
Characters & Entities
D
DevīK
Khaḍga (sword)M
Mahiṣa (manifest form)FAQs
Divine courage and discernment ‘sever’ the head of ignorance and brute force; dharma acts decisively when the time comes.
Not explicit here; the verse is part of the Arbuda Khaṇḍa combat sequence.
None.