Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 37
Devanagari script
एवमुक्त्वा निवार्यैनं केशवो गरुडस्थितः । शार्ङ्गकोदंडनिर्मुक्तैर्बाणैर्दैत्यमवाकिरत्
Transliteration
evamuktvā nivāryainaṃ keśavo garuḍasthitaḥ | śārṅgakodaṃḍanirmuktairbāṇairdaityamavākirat
Translation
Setelah berkata demikian, Keśava yang duduk di atas Garuḍa menahan beliau (Skanda), lalu menghujani sang asura dengan anak panah yang dilepaskan dari busur Śārṅga.
Word by Word
एवम्thus
एवम्:
Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएवम् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — thus
उक्त्वाhaving spoken
उक्त्वा:
Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√वच् (वच् धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive) — having said
निवार्यhaving restrained
निवार्य:
Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootनि + √वृ (वृ धातु)
Formल्यप्/तुमुन्-समकक्ष क्त्वार्थक अव्यय-भाव (gerund) — having restrained/checked
एनम्him
एनम्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; एनद्-आदेश)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — accusative singular ‘him/this one’
केशवःKeśava (Viṣṇu)
केशवः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकेशव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — nominative singular
गरुडस्थितःseated on Garuḍa
गरुडस्थितः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootगरुड (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थित (कृदन्त; √स्था धातु)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘गरुडे स्थितः’ इति सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष; कृदन्त-विशेषण
शार्ङ्गकोदण्डनिर्मुक्तैःreleased from the Śārṅga bow
शार्ङ्गकोदण्डनिर्मुक्तैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootशार्ङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + कोदण्ड (प्रातिपदिक) + निर्मुक्त (कृदन्त; निर् + √मुच् धातु)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; ‘शार्ङ्ग-कोदण्डाभ्यां निर्मुक्तैः’ इति (करणे) तत्पुरुष-समास; विशेषण (बाणैः)
बाणैःwith arrows
बाणैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootबाण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन — instrumental plural
दैत्यम्the demon
दैत्यम्:
Karman (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootदैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — accusative singular
अवाकिरत्showered; covered (with arrows)
अवाकिरत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअव + √कॄ/किर् (किर् धातु ‘to scatter’)
Formलङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — imperfect, 3rd sg
Speaker
Narrator (contextual)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Keśava on Garuḍa holds back Skanda and releases a torrent of arrows from the Śārṅga bow, covering the demon like rain.
Characters & Entities
K
Keśava (Viṣṇu)G
GaruḍaŚ
Śārṅga (bow)S
SkandaD
Daitya (demon)FAQs
Strength guided by restraint is dharmic; divine power is exercised with order and purpose, not mere impulse.
No tīrtha is identified here; it is a martial episode featuring Viṣṇu and Garuḍa.
None.