Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 84

Devanagari script

रुद्रान्वसूंस्तथादित्यान्मरुतोऽन्यान्सुरांस्तथा । गरुडः पक्षतुंडाभ्यां व्यथितानकरोद्द्विजाः

Transliteration

rudrānvasūṃstathādityānmaruto'nyānsurāṃstathā | garuḍaḥ pakṣatuṃḍābhyāṃ vyathitānakaroddvijāḥ

Translation

Garuḍa tourmenta et meurtrit les Rudra, les Vasu, les Āditya, les Marut et d’autres dieux encore, les frappant de ses ailes et de son bec, ô deux-fois-nés.

Word by Word

• रुद्रान्: the Rudras
• रुद्रान्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• वसून्: the Vasus
• वसून्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• तथा: also
• तथा: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (also/likewise)

• आदित्यान्: the Ādityas
• आदित्यान्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• मरुतः: the Maruts
• मरुतः: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरुत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन (वैदिक/पुराण-प्रयोगे रूपम्)

• अन्यान्: other
• अन्यान्: Karman (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; 'सुरान्' इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• सुरान्: gods
• सुरान्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• तथा: and also
• तथा: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयवाचक-अव्यय

• गरुडः: Garuḍa
• गरुडः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गरुड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पक्षतुंडाभ्याम्: with (his) wings and beak
• पक्षतुंडाभ्याम्: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्ष + तुण्ड (प्रातिपदिकौ)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास (पक्षौ च तुण्डं च), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (समाहार-द्वन्द्व), तृतीया, द्विवचन (द्वयकरणयोः)

• व्यथितान्: afflicted, pained
• व्यथितान्: Karman (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्यथ् (धातु) + त (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle used adjectivally), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; 'द्विजान्' इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• अकरोत्: made/did
• अकरोत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• द्विजान्: twice-born (here: gods/birds)
• द्विजान्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Setukhaṇḍa; exact speaker not stated in snippet; includes address ‘dvijāḥ’)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu/Setubandha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvijāḥ (addressed as ‘O twice-born ones’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Garuḍa strikes with wings and beak, battering multiple divine hosts—Rudras, Vasus, Ādityas, Maruts—shown as distinct groups recoiling in the sky.

Characters & Entities

• Garuḍa
• Rudras
• Vasus
• Ādityas
• Maruts
• Suras (Devas)
• Dvipras (Dvijāḥ, addressed)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cosmic hierarchies can be shaken by a divinely-driven purpose; dharma literature stresses that power alone does not guarantee victory.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse occurs in Setukhaṇḍa (Setu/Rāmeśvaram sacred context), but it is not a direct glorification of a specific tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.