Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

गरुडं जगृहुः केचित्पादयोः शतशोऽसुराः । ललंबिरे च पक्षाभ्यां मुखे चान्ये ललंबिरे

Transliteration

garuḍaṃ jagṛhuḥ kecitpādayoḥ śataśo'surāḥ | lalaṃbire ca pakṣābhyāṃ mukhe cānye lalaṃbire

Translation

Some asuras—by the hundreds—seized Garuḍa by his feet. Others hung from his wings, and still others clung, dangling, from his beak.

Word by Word

• garuḍam: Garuḍa
• garuḍam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: garuḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• jagṛhuḥ: seized, grabbed
• jagṛhuḥ: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: grah (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural

• kecit: some (of them)
• kecit: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kecit (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; अनिश्चित-प्रमाणवाचक (indefinite pronoun)

• pādayoḥ: at/on the two feet
• pādayoḥ: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Dual (द्विवचन)

• śataśaḥ: by hundreds
• śataśaḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śataśas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): ‘by hundreds/in hundreds’

• asurāḥ: Asuras (demons)
• asurāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural

• lalaṃbire: hung/clung
• lalaṃbire: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: la-lamb (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), आत्मनेपद, 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction): ‘and’

• pakṣābhyām: on/by the two wings
• pakṣābhyām: Adhikaraṇa (Contact-location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Dual (द्विवचन)

• mukhe: on the face/mouth
• mukhe: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mukha (प्रातिपदik)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction): ‘and’

• anye: others
• anye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural

• lalaṃbire: hung/clung
• lalaṃbire: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: la-lamb (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), आत्मनेपद, 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Hundreds of asuras swarm Garuḍa: some seize his feet, others hang from his wings, and others cling to his beak, turning the sky into a struggling knot of bodies and feathers.

Characters & Entities

• Garuḍa
• Asuras

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hostile forces try to immobilize dharma’s vehicle and momentum, yet divine support cannot be truly restrained.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; this is a battlefield episode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.