Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

गारुडं सप्तदशमं स्मृतं चैकोनविंशतिः । अष्टादशं तु ब्रह्माण्डं भागद्वयविभूषितम्

Transliteration

gāruḍaṃ saptadaśamaṃ smṛtaṃ caikonaviṃśatiḥ | aṣṭādaśaṃ tu brahmāṇḍaṃ bhāgadvayavibhūṣitam

Translation

คัมภีร์คารุฑปุราณะทรงจำกันว่าเป็นลำดับที่สิบเจ็ด; และพรหมาณฑปุราณะเป็นลำดับที่สิบแปด งดงามด้วยสองภาค

Word by Word

• गारुडम्: (the) Garuḍa Purāṇa
• गारुडम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गारुड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; पुराणनाम (proper noun)

• सप्तदशमम्: seventeenth
• सप्तदशमम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तदशम (प्रातिपदिक; क्रमवाचक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण

• स्मृतम्: is remembered/considered
• स्मृतम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः—‘is remembered/considered’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक निपात (conjunction)

• एकोनविंशतिः: (is) nineteen
• एकोनविंशतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एक-ऊन-विंशति (प्रातिपदिक; संख्यावाचक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; ‘एकोन’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषभावः (one-less-than-twenty = nineteen)

• अष्टादशम्: eighteenth
• अष्टादशम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टादश (प्रातिपदिक; संख्यावाचक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण—‘eighteenth’

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अवधारणार्थक निपात (particle: but/indeed)

• ब्रह्माण्डम्: (the) Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa
• ब्रह्माण्डम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्माण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; पुराणनाम (proper noun)

• भागद्वयविभूषितम्: adorned with two parts/sections
• भागद्वयविभूषितम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भाग + द्वय + विभूषित (प्रातिपदिक; ‘विभूषित’ = भूष्(धातु)+क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; क्त-कृदन्त विशेषण; ‘भागद्वयेन विभूषितम्’ इति तृतीया-तत्पुरुषार्थः

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage in a forest hermitage enumerates Purāṇas on palm-leaf manuscripts; behind him a subtle map-like river-course motif hints at Revā/Narmadā and Avantī as the narrative setting.

Characters & Entities

• Gāruḍa Purāṇa
• Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It reinforces the recognized order and structure of Purāṇic literature as a dharma-preserving tradition.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is directly mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a classificatory statement about Purāṇas.