Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

गरुड उवाच । पश्यावस्थां ममेशान शांडिल्या या विनिर्मिता । पक्षपातः कृतोऽस्माकं तमहं प्रार्थयामि वै

Transliteration

garuḍa uvāca | paśyāvasthāṃ mameśāna śāṃḍilyā yā vinirmitā | pakṣapātaḥ kṛto'smākaṃ tamahaṃ prārthayāmi vai

Translation

गरुड उवाच । पश्यावस्थां ममेशान शांडिल्या या विनिर्मिता । पक्षपातः कृतोऽस्माकं तमहं प्रार्थयामि वै ॥

Word by Word

• गरुडः: Garuḍa
• गरुडः: Karta (Speaker/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गरुड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पश्य: see
• पश्य: Kriyā (Command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पश् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative); मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person); एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अवस्थाम्: condition/state
• अवस्थाम्: Karma (Object of पश्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवस्था (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन

• मम: my
• मम: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive); एकवचन

• ईशान: O Īśāna (Lord Śiva)
• ईशान: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईशान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (Vocative); एकवचन

• शाण्डिल्या: by Śāṇḍilyā
• शाण्डिल्या: Karta (Agent in passive/participial construction)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाण्डिल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); एकवचन

• या: which
• या: Karta (Subject of vinirmitā)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• विनिर्मिता: was made/constructed
• विनिर्मिता: Kriyā (Participial predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √निर्मा/√मा (धातु) उपसर्ग-वि-निर् → विनिर्मित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (made/constructed)

• पक्षपातः: partiality/favoritism
• पक्षपातः: Karta (Subject of कृतः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्षपात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (पक्षस्य पातः/पक्षे पातः = partiality); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• कृतः: has been done
• कृतः: Kriyā (Participial predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु) → कृत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे (has been done)

• अस्माकम्: of us
• अस्माकम्: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive); बहुवचन

• तम्: that (boon/thing)
• तम्: Karma (Object of प्रार्थयामि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• प्रार्थयामि: request/beg
• प्रार्थयामि: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + √अर्थ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present); उत्तमपुरुष (1st person); एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• वै: indeed
• वै: Nipāta (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक निपात (emphatic particle)

Speaker

Garuḍa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Garuḍa, wings partly folded, speaks before a manifested Īśāna near a liṅga; his posture conveys injury or constraint, eyes lifted in supplication.

Characters & Entities

• Garuḍa
• Īśāna
• Śāṇḍilī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When afflicted by perceived injustice, the devotee turns to Śiva with truthful petition rather than despair—seeking dhārmic resolution through divine grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The prayer occurs at the chapter’s Śiva-liṅga tīrtha, underscoring the site as a place where grievances are heard and corrected by the Lord.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A direct supplication (prārthanā) to Īśāna in the context of worship, asking for remedial boon.