Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 89

Devanagari script

आच्छिद्य पक्षतुंडाभ्यां गृहीत्वाऽमृतमुद्ययौ । यंत्रमुत्पाट्य चोद्यंतं गरुडं प्राह माधवः

Transliteration

ācchidya pakṣatuṃḍābhyāṃ gṛhītvā'mṛtamudyayau | yaṃtramutpāṭya codyaṃtaṃ garuḍaṃ prāha mādhavaḥ

Translation

ചിറകുകളും കൊക്കുംകൊണ്ട് അവരെ കീറിമുറിച്ച് അവൻ അമൃതം പിടിച്ചു പറന്നു. യന്ത്രം പിഴുതെടുത്ത് ഉയർന്നു പറക്കുന്ന ഗരുഡനോട് അപ്പോൾ മാധവൻ പറഞ്ഞു.

Word by Word

• आच्छिद्य: having cut off/torn away
• आच्छिद्य: पूर्वकाल
• Type: Verb
• Root: √छिद् (धातु) उपसर्ग-आ
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (Absolutive/Gerund)

• पक्षतुंडाभ्याम्: with wings and beak
• पक्षतुंडाभ्याम्: करण
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + तुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), द्विवचन; द्वन्द्व — 'with (his) wings and beak'

• गृहीत्वा: having seized
• गृहीत्वा: पूर्वकाल
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (Absolutive/Gerund)

• अमृतम्: nectar (amṛta)
• अमृतम्: कर्म
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• उद्ययौ: set out/flew up
• उद्ययौ: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (धातु) उपसर्ग-उद्
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• यन्त्रम्: the mechanism/contrivance
• यन्त्रम्: कर्म (उत्पाट्य-सम्बद्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• उत्पाट्य: having uprooted/torn out
• उत्पाट्य: पूर्वकाल
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पट्/√पाट् (धातु) उपसर्ग-उत्
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (Absolutive/Gerund)

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• उद्यन्तम्: as he was rising/setting out
• उद्यन्तम्: विशेषण (गरुडम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद्यन्त् (कृदन्त; √या/√इ with उद्, शतृ)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; गरुडम् इति विशेषण — 'rising/setting out'

• गरुडम्: to Garuḍa
• गरुडम्: सम्प्रदान/कर्म (प्राह—addressed object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गरुड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• प्राह: said
• प्राह: क्रिया
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• माधवः: Mādhava (Viṣṇu)
• माधवः: कर्ता
• Type: Noun
• Root: माधव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (with direct speech introduced: Mādhava/Viṣṇu to Garuḍa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Garuḍa rends the twin serpents with wings and beak, grasps the amṛta vessel, tears free the guarding mechanism, and rises; Mādhava appears, speaking with calm authority.

Characters & Entities

• Garuḍa
• Amṛta
• Mādhava (Viṣṇu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace meets heroic effort; even great power is fulfilled and guided by the Lord’s word.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu/Rāmeśvaram is the Setukhaṇḍa’s sacred focus; this verse is part of the supporting mythic narration.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates the capture of amṛta and Viṣṇu’s intervention.