Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

महागारुडमंत्रज्ञैरौषधज्ञैश्चिकित्सकैः । तक्षकस्य विषं हंतुं यत्नं कुर्वन्समाहितः

Transliteration

mahāgāruḍamaṃtrajñairauṣadhajñaiścikitsakaiḥ | takṣakasya viṣaṃ haṃtuṃ yatnaṃ kurvansamāhitaḥ

Translation

Avec des maîtres des grands mantras de Gāruḍa et des médecins connaissant les plantes, il s’efforça, l’esprit concentré, d’anéantir le poison de Takṣaka.

Word by Word

• महागारुडमन्त्रज्ञैः: by experts in the great Garuḍa-mantra
• महागारुडमन्त्रज्ञैः: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महā + गारुड + मन्त्र + ज्ञ (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास (महागारुडस्य मन्त्रस्य ज्ञाः)

• औषधज्ञैः: by experts in medicines
• औषधज्ञैः: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: औषध + ज्ञ (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (औषधानां ज्ञाः)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• चिकित्सकैः: by physicians
• चिकित्सकैः: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चिकित्सक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• तक्षकस्य: of Takṣaka
• तक्षकस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तक्षक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• विषम्: poison
• विषम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• हन्तुम्: to destroy
• हन्तुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु) + तुमुन्
• Form: तुमुनन्त (infinitive); धातु: हन् (हिंसागत्योः “to kill/destroy”); प्रयोजन (purpose)

• यत्नम्: effort
• यत्नम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• कुर्वन्: making/doing
• कुर्वन्: Karta (Agent participle/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कुर्वत् (शतृ-कृदन्त)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• समाहितः: composed, attentive
• समाहितः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + आ + धा (धातु) → समाहित (क्त-कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle used adjectivally); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gaṅgā (contextual)

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Mantra-experts recite Gāruḍa formulas while physicians prepare herbal antidotes; bowls of crushed roots, smoke of fumigation, and a guarded king within the pavilion.

Characters & Entities

• Takṣaka
• Garuḍa (implied via Gāruḍa-mantra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma often integrates spiritual means (mantra) and practical means (medicine), affirming disciplined effort while acknowledging fate and divine order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific site is named in this verse; the focus is on protective measures.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Use of Gāruḍa-related mantras (traditionally invoked for serpent-affliction) is implied, along with medicinal treatment by herb-knowers and physicians.