Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

एवं मयाराध्यमानो गरुडं हरिरास्थितः । गणकोटिपरिवृतः प्रत्यक्षः समजायत

Transliteration

evaṃ mayārādhyamāno garuḍaṃ harirāsthitaḥ | gaṇakoṭiparivṛtaḥ pratyakṣaḥ samajāyata

Translation

Ainsi, adoré par moi, Hari—assis sur Garuḍa—devint visible en personne, entouré d’assemblées innombrables, par crores.

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (adverb of manner)

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Kartā (Agent of participle/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• ārādhyamānaḥ: being worshipped
• ārādhyamānaḥ: Kartā (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ā + rādh (धातु) + शानच् (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि कृदन्तः (present passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; हरिः इति विशेषणम्

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

• hariḥ: Hari (Viṣṇu)
• hariḥ: Kartā (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• āsthitaḥ: mounted / seated upon
• āsthitaḥ: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā + sthā (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकाले क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्रियापदवत्—'mounted/occupied'

• gaṇakoṭiparivṛtaḥ: surrounded by crores of attendants
• gaṇakoṭiparivṛtaḥ: Kartā (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gaṇa + koṭi + parivṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; हरिः इति विशेषणम्

• pratyakṣaḥ: visible, manifest
• pratyakṣaḥ: Kartā (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pratyakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; हरिः इति विशेषणम्

• samajāyata: appeared / came into being
• samajāyata: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam + jan (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Hari appears in the sky seated on Garuḍa, radiant and four-armed, surrounded by innumerable divine attendants—Vishvaksena-like guardians, sages, and celestial beings—forming a vast luminous retinue.

Characters & Entities

• Hari
• Garuḍa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady worship at a tīrtha culminates in pratyakṣa-darśana—direct experience of the deity’s presence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The manifestation occurs at the chapter’s “this tīrtha,” but the verse itself does not supply the site-name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ārādhana (devotional worship/propitiation) is presented as the operative practice leading to divine appearance.