Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

वदनं पूरयामास दिव्यैस्त्रैर्महाबलः । स तैर्बाणैरभिहतो महिषोऽचलसंनिभः

Transliteration

vadanaṃ pūrayāmāsa divyaistrairmahābalaḥ | sa tairbāṇairabhihato mahiṣo'calasaṃnibhaḥ

Translation

Bậc đại lực liền làm đầy miệng hắn bằng ba mũi tên thần diệu. Bị những mũi tên ấy bắn trúng, Mahiṣa—tựa núi—đã bị thương.

Word by Word

• vadanam: mouth/face
• vadanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vadana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन

• pūrayāmāsa: filled
• pūrayāmāsa: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūraya (धातु √pṝ/पूर्, णिच् causative)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• divyaiḥ: with divine
• divyaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• traiḥ: with three
• traiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), बहुवचन; संख्याविशेषण

• mahābalaḥ: the very strong one
• mahābalaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + bala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (महान् बलः यस्य/महाबलः)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• taiḥ: by those
• taiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम-विशेषण

• bāṇaiḥ: with arrows
• bāṇaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), बहुवचन

• abhihataḥ: struck/afflicted
• abhihataḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: abhi + √han (धातु; क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; विशेषण

• mahiṣaḥ: the buffalo(-demon)
• mahiṣaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahiṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• acala-saṃnibhaḥ: like a mountain
• acala-saṃnibhaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: acala + saṃnibha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (अचलस्य संनिभः = mountain-like)

Speaker

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

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A mighty warrior draws three radiant, divine arrows and, in a dramatic gesture, places them to his mouth (as if empowering/charging them) before releasing; the buffalo-demon Mahīṣa, huge as a mountain, reels as the shafts strike and wound him.

Characters & Entities

• Acyuta (Viṣṇu)
• Mahiṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine power is precise and purposeful: it counters destructive appetite (devouring) with disciplined, dharmic force.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is mentioned.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.