Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 46
Devanagari script
गरुडं जगृहुः केचित्पादयोः शतशोऽसुराः । ललंबिरे च पक्षाभ्यां मुखे चान्ये ललंबिरे
Transliteration
garuḍaṃ jagṛhuḥ kecitpādayoḥ śataśo'surāḥ | lalaṃbire ca pakṣābhyāṃ mukhe cānye lalaṃbire
Translation
ചില അസുരർ നൂറുകളായി ഗരുഡന്റെ പാദങ്ങൾ പിടിച്ചു; മറ്റുചിലർ അവന്റെ ചിറകുകളിൽ തൂങ്ങി, ചിലർ അവന്റെ ചുണ്ടിലും തൂങ്ങി നിന്നു।
Word by Word
garuḍamGaruḍa
garuḍam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootgaruḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular
jagṛhuḥseized, grabbed
jagṛhuḥ:
Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootgrah (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural
kecitsome (of them)
kecit:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkecit (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural; अनिश्चित-प्रमाणवाचक (indefinite pronoun)
pādayoḥat/on the two feet
pādayoḥ:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootpāda (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Dual (द्विवचन)
śataśaḥby hundreds
śataśaḥ:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootśataśas (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (adverb): ‘by hundreds/in hundreds’
asurāḥAsuras (demons)
asurāḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootasura (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural
lalaṃbirehung/clung
lalaṃbire:
Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootla-lamb (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), आत्मनेपद, 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (conjunction): ‘and’
pakṣābhyāmon/by the two wings
pakṣābhyām:
Adhikaraṇa (Contact-location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootpakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Dual (द्विवचन)
mukheon the face/mouth
mukhe:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootmukha (प्रातिपदik)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (conjunction): ‘and’
anyeothers
anye:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootanya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural
lalaṃbirehung/clung
lalaṃbire:
Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootla-lamb (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), आत्मनेपद, 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural
Speaker
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Hundreds of asuras swarm Garuḍa: some seize his feet, others hang from his wings, and others cling to his beak, turning the sky into a struggling knot of bodies and feathers.
Characters & Entities
G
GaruḍaA
AsurasFAQs
Hostile forces try to immobilize dharma’s vehicle and momentum, yet divine support cannot be truly restrained.
None; this is a battlefield episode.
None.