Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 65
Devanagari script
शक्त्या च गरुडं वीरो हृदयेऽभ्यहनद्दृढम् । ततो विवृत्य वदनं महामलगुहानिभम्
Transliteration
śaktyā ca garuḍaṃ vīro hṛdaye'bhyahanaddṛḍham | tato vivṛtya vadanaṃ mahāmalaguhānibham
Translation
आणि त्या वीराने शक्तीने गरुडाच्या हृदयावर ठाम घाव घातला; मग महा मलिन गुहेसारखे तोंड उघडून।
Word by Word
शक्त्याwith a spear/weapon (śakti)
शक्त्या:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootशक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)
गरुडम्Garuda
गरुडम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootगरुड (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन
वीरःthe hero
वीरः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootवीर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
हृदयेin the heart/chest
हृदये:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootहृदय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन
अभ्यहनत्struck
अभ्यहनत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअभि-√हन् (धातु)
Formलङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्
दृढम्firmly, hard
दृढम्:
Visheshana (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootदृढ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (adverbial accusative) / अथवा ‘आघातम्’ इत्यर्थे
ततःthen
ततः:
Sambandha (Sequence marker/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, अव्यय-प्रयोगः (adverb)
विवृत्यhaving opened
विवृत्य:
Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि-√वृत् (धातु) + ल्यप् (अव्ययकृदन्त)
Formक्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वकाल (having done)
वदनम्mouth, face
वदनम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवदन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन
महामलगुहानिभम्like a huge filthy cave
महामलगुहानिभम्:
Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमहा + मल + गुहा + निभ (प्रातिपदिके)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः/कर्मधारयप्रायः (महती मलयुक्ता गुहा इव निभम्), विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘वदनम्’)
Speaker
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Mahiṣa hurls or thrusts a śakti into Garuḍa’s chest; Garuḍa reels, wings spread; Mahiṣa’s mouth opens wide like a dark cavern, teeth bared, breath like smoke.
Characters & Entities
G
GaruḍaM
Mahiṣa (implied)FAQs
The Purāṇas depict adharma as grotesque and devouring—symbolized by the ‘cavern-like mouth’—contrasting with divine carriers like Garuḍa.
No holy site is mentioned in this verse.
None.