Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

येनामृतं हृतं वीर्यात्परिभूय पुरंदरम् । मातृभक्तिपरीतेन सर्पाणां संनिवेदितम्

Transliteration

yenāmṛtaṃ hṛtaṃ vīryātparibhūya puraṃdaram | mātṛbhaktiparītena sarpāṇāṃ saṃniveditam

Translation

Durch wessen Heldenkraft das Amṛta geraubt wurde, Purandara (Indra) beschämend; und wer, von Mutterverehrung erfüllt, es den Schlangen (Nāga) darbrachte.

Word by Word

• येन: by whom/through whom
• येन: Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (यद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया, एकवचनम्; साधन/हेतु-प्रयोगः

• अमृतम्: nectar (amṛta)
• अमृतम्: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: amṛta (अमृत) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; कर्मपदम् (हृतम्)

• हृतम्: was taken away
• हृतम्: Kriya (Participial predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: hṛta (हृत) < √hṛ (हृ धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्गः, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे 'carried off'

• वीर्यात्: by (his) valor/from strength
• वीर्यात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vīrya (वीर्य) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, पञ्चमी, एकवचनम्; हेतौ/अपादाने (from strength)

• परिभूय: having overpowered
• परिभूय: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-√bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त, ल्यप्/त्वान्त-समकक्ष (absolutive) — 'having overpowered/insulted'

• पुरंदरम्: Purandara (Indra)
• पुरंदरम्: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puraṃdara (पुरंदर) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गः, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; कर्मपदम् (परिभूय)

• मातृभक्तिपरीतेन: endowed with devotion to his mother
• मातृभक्तिपरीतेन: Karana (Accompaniment/Means)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mātṛ (मातृ) + bhakti (भक्ति) + parīta (परीत < pari+√i इ धातु)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (मातृभक्त्या परीतः); पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्गः, तृतीया, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (येन) — करण/सहभाव

• सर्पाणाम्: of the serpents/to the serpents
• सर्पाणाम्: Sambandha (Recipient group)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarpa (सर्प) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गः, षष्ठी, बहुवचनम्; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• संनिवेदितम्: was offered/presented
• संनिवेदितम्: Kriya (Participial predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: saṃ-ni-√vid (विद्/वेद् धातु; निवेदने)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्गः, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; कर्मणि — 'was presented/offered' (अमृतम् understood)

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Garuḍa in full divine eagle form snatches the amṛta vessel, Indra (Purandara) humbled; then Garuḍa, reverent and gentle, offers the amṛta onward for his mother’s sake—showing power tempered by devotion.

Characters & Entities

• Garuḍa
• Amṛta
• Indra (Purandara)
• Serpents (Nāgas)
• Mother (Vinatā implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Mātṛbhakti is upheld as a high dharma: even immense power is directed toward filial duty and righteous purpose.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Suparṇa Māhātmya frame is continued; the tīrtha’s greatness is reflected by recalling Garuḍa’s famed deeds linked to that sacred tradition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; it recounts the amṛta episode as a dharma-illustration within the māhātmya.