Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 23
Devanagari script
स हत्वा पञ्चभिर्बाणैर्वासुदेवं शिला शितैः । जघान गरुडं क्रुद्धो दशभिर्नतपर्वभिः
Transliteration
sa hatvā pañcabhirbāṇairvāsudevaṃ śilā śitaiḥ | jaghāna garuḍaṃ kruddho daśabhirnataparvabhiḥ
Translation
彼は石のごとく鋭い五本の矢でヴァースデーヴァを射抜き、さらに怒り狂って、節の曲がった（返しのある）十本の矢でガルダを打った。
Word by Word
saḥhe
saḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — कर्ता
hatvāhaving struck/killed
hatvā:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothan (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्ययीभाव-रूप कृदन्त (gerund) — ‘having struck/killed’
pañcabhiḥwith five
pañcabhiḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpañcan (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन — संख्याविशेषणम् (qualifying ‘bāṇaiḥ’)
bāṇaiḥby arrows
bāṇaiḥ:
Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootbāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन — करणम्
vāsudevamVāsudeva
vāsudevam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootvāsudeva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — कर्म
śilā-śitaiḥstone-sharpened
śilā-śitaiḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootśilā (प्रातिपदिक) + śita (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन — विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘bāṇaiḥ’); ‘stone-sharpened’
jaghānahe struck, slew
jaghāna:
Kriyā (Verbal action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Roothan (धातु)
Formलिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — ‘he struck/killed’
garuḍamGaruḍa
garuḍam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootgaruḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — कर्म
kruddhaḥangry
kruddhaḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootkrudh (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP) ‘kruddha’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘angry’
daśabhiḥwith ten
daśabhiḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootdaśan (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन — संख्याविशेषणम् (qualifying implied ‘bāṇaiḥ’)
nata-parvabhiḥhaving bent joints/knots
nata-parvabhiḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootnata (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + parvan (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन — विशेषणम् (qualifying implied ‘bāṇaiḥ’); ‘with bent joints/knots’ (of arrows)
Speaker
Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Kālakhaṃja releases a volley: five razor-stone arrows strike Vāsudeva; then ten barbed arrows hit Garuḍa, who recoils mid-flight, feathers and ornaments trembling.
Characters & Entities
K
KālakhaṃjaV
Vāsudeva (Viṣṇu)G
GaruḍaFAQs
Adharma may appear to wound even the divine entourage, yet such blows only set the stage for righteous resolution and restoration.
The verse is part of the chapter’s broader tīrtha-māhātmya narration; the place-name is not present here.
None in this verse.