Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 80

Devanagari script

तदा निजघ्नुगर्रुडं देवाः शस्त्रैरनेकशः । अतीव गरुडो देवैर्बाधितः शस्त्रपाणिभिः

Transliteration

tadā nijaghnugarruḍaṃ devāḥ śastrairanekaśaḥ | atīva garuḍo devairbādhitaḥ śastrapāṇibhiḥ

Translation

അപ്പോൾ ദേവന്മാർ പലവിധ ആയുധങ്ങളാൽ ഗരുഡനെ വീണ്ടും വീണ്ടും പ്രഹരിച്ചു. ആയുധധാരികളായ ദേവന്മാർ ഗരുഡനെ അത്യന്തമായി പീഡിപ്പിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: 'then')

• निजघ्नुः: they struck/killed
• निजघ्नुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (plural)

• गरुडम्: Garuḍa
• गरुडम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गरुड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/कर्ता), बहुवचन

• शस्त्रैः: with weapons
• शस्त्रैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/करण), बहुवचन

• अनेकशः: repeatedly, in many ways
• अनेकशः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनेकशस् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: 'many times/in many ways')

• अतीव: exceedingly
• अतीव: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतीव (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/तीव्रतावाचक-अव्यय (intensifier adverb)

• गरुडः: Garuḍa
• गरुडः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गरुड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन

• देवैः: by the gods
• देवैः: Karana (Agent-in-passive/कर्तृकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/करण), बहुवचन

• बाधितः: was afflicted/pressed
• बाधितः: Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रियापद-भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: बाध् (धातु) + त (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे (passive sense)

• शस्त्रपाणिभिः: by those with weapons in hand
• शस्त्रपाणिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शस्त्र + पाणि (प्रातिपदिकौ)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-प्रायः: 'शस्त्रपाणि' = weapon-in-hand), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/करण), बहुवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Setukhaṇḍa; exact speaker not stated in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu/Setubandha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dense battlefield tableau: devas in formation repeatedly striking Garuḍa with many weapons; Garuḍa stands vast, wings half-spread, absorbing blows.

Characters & Entities

• Garuḍa
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Opposition intensifies when sacred stakes are high; endurance under pressure is a recurring Purāṇic motif.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setukhaṇḍa provides the sacred frame of Setu; this verse itself narrates the conflict.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.