Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 86

Devanagari script

ताभ्यां चातिप्रहाराभ्यामुभौ गरुडकेशवौ । मोहाविष्टौ विचेतस्कौ मृतकल्पाविवासताम्

Transliteration

tābhyāṃ cātiprahārābhyāmubhau garuḍakeśavau | mohāviṣṭau vicetaskau mṛtakalpāvivāsatām

Translation

その二つの激しい打撃によって、ガルダとケーシャヴァの両者は迷妄に覆われ、意識を失い、死せるがごとく横たわった。

Word by Word

• tābhyām: by those two
• tābhyām: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd), द्विवचन (dual); सर्वनाम (refers to the two blows/weapons)

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

• ati-prahārābhyām: by the two very heavy blows
• ati-prahārābhyām: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ati (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + prahāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास (‘excessive blows’); पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd), द्विवचन (dual)

• ubhau: both
• ubhau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन (dual)

• garuḍa-keśavau: Garuḍa and Keśava
• garuḍa-keśavau: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: garuḍa (प्रातिपदिक) + keśava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास (itaretara: ‘Garuḍa and Keśava’); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन (dual)

• mohāviṣṭau: overcome by stupor
• mohāviṣṭau: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: moha (प्रातिपदिक) + āviṣṭa (कृदन्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (तृतीया/सप्तमीभाव: ‘overcome by delusion’); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन (dual); विशेषण (ubhau इति)

• vicetaskau: unconscious/senseless
• vicetaskau: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-cetas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन (dual); विशेषण

• mṛta-kalpau: as if dead
• mṛta-kalpau: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mṛta (कृदन्त) + kalpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (‘like dead’); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), द्विवचन (dual); विशेषण

• iva: as if
• iva: Upamana (Comparison marker/उपमान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमानसूचक (comparative particle)

• āsatām: they were/remained
• āsatām: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), द्विवचन (dual)

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa per Māheśvarakhaṇḍa convention)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After the twin crushing strikes, Garuḍa and Keśava lie motionless, eyes dulled, as if dead; the battlefield briefly stills, dust settling around their fallen forms.

Characters & Entities

• Garuḍa
• Viṣṇu (Keśava)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even mighty beings can be momentarily clouded; true refuge lies in dharma and divine support beyond bodily power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None mentioned.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.