Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 87

Devanagari script

ततस्तेनैव दैत्येन गरुडास्त्रं समादधे । तया नारायणास्त्रं तु संदधे शरपातनम्

Transliteration

tatastenaiva daityena garuḍāstraṃ samādadhe | tayā nārāyaṇāstraṃ tu saṃdadhe śarapātanam

Translation

ततः स एव दैत्यो गरुडास्त्रं समादधे; सा तु प्रत्युत्तरं नारायणास्त्रं संदधे, शरवृष्टिं मुमोच।

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then, thereafter
• tataḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = indeclinable adverb: "thereupon/then"

• tena: by him/with that
• tena: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन = Instrumental singular: "by him/with that"

• eva: indeed, just
• eva: Sambandha/Emphasis (Nipāta)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/अवधारण) = particle of emphasis

• daityena: by the Daitya (demon)
• daityena: Karta (Agent, expressed in instrumental with passive-like construction)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन = Instrumental singular

• garuḍāstram: the Garuḍa-weapon (Garuḍāstra)
• garuḍāstram: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: garuḍa + astra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन = Accusative singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (garuḍasya astraṃ)

• samādadhe: he employed/assumed
• samādadhe: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√dhā (धा) with sam- (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद = "he placed/assumed"

• tayā: by her
• tayā: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन = Instrumental singular: "by her"

• nārāyaṇāstram: the Nārāyaṇa-weapon (Nārāyaṇāstra)
• nārāyaṇāstram: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārāyaṇa + astra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन = Accusative singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (nārāyaṇasya astraṃ)

• tu: but, however
• tu: Discourse particle (Nipāta)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/विरोध-समुच्चय) = adversative/contrastive particle

• saṃdadhe: she employed/aimed
• saṃdadhe: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-√dhā (धा) (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद = "he/she placed/aimed"

• śarapātanam: a shower/fall of arrows
• śarapātanam: Karman (Object / apposition to weapon’s effect)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śara + pātana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन = Accusative singular; तत्पुरुष (śarāṇāṃ pātanam)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not explicit in this snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A daitya releases the Garuḍāstra—visualized as a blazing, eagle-formed missile or a storm of feathered darts—while the Goddess counters with the Nārāyaṇāstra, producing a dense rain of arrows that fills the sky.

Characters & Entities

• Daitya
• Devī (Mātaṅgī)
• Garuḍāstra
• Nārāyaṇāstra
• Nārāyaṇa
• Garuḍa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is protected through steadfast courage and divine support; righteous power answers hostile power without fear.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader setting is Dharmāraṇya (the sacred forest) within the Skanda Purāṇa’s Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa; this verse focuses on the battle episode rather than naming a specific tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual (snāna, dāna, japa, vrata) is prescribed in this verse; it is a martial/divine-weapon description.