Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

अहं कद्रूमिमां वक्ष्ये त्वं सर्पान्वह तत्सुतान् । तथेति गरुडो मातुः प्रत्यगृह्णद्वचो द्विजाः

Transliteration

ahaṃ kadrūmimāṃ vakṣye tvaṃ sarpānvaha tatsutān | tatheti garuḍo mātuḥ pratyagṛhṇadvaco dvijāḥ

Translation

วินตากล่าวว่า “เราจะอุ้มกัทรูผู้นี้ ส่วนเจ้าจงแบกเหล่างู—บุตรของนาง” ครุฑตอบว่า “ตถาสตु—เป็นดังนั้น” แล้วรับถ้อยคำของมารดา โอ้ทวิชะทั้งหลาย

Word by Word

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

• कद्रूम्: Kadrū
• कद्रूम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कद्रू (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन (Accusative Singular)

• इमाम्: this
• इमाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन (Accusative Singular); विशेषणम् कद्रूम्-विशेषणम्

• वक्ष्ये: will speak/tell
• वक्ष्ये: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future); उत्तमपुरुष; एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन (Nominative Singular) सर्वनाम

• सर्पान्: serpents
• सर्पान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; बहुवचन (Accusative Plural)

• वह: carry
• वह: Kriya (Command/आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वह् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative); मध्यमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• तत्सुतान्: her sons
• तत्सुतान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम) + सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; बहुवचन (Accusative Plural)

• तथा: so/thus
• तथा: Sambandha (Manner marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (thus/so)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः (quotative)

• गरुडः: Garuḍa
• गरुडः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गरुड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन (Nominative Singular)

• मातुः: of (his) mother
• मातुः: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; षष्ठी विभक्ति; एकवचन (Genitive Singular)

• प्रत्यगृह्णत्: accepted/assented to
• प्रत्यगृह्णत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रति-√ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• वचः: word/speech
• वचः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन (Accusative Singular)

• द्विजाः: O twice-born (brahmins)
• द्विजाः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; बहुवचन (Nominative Plural); सम्बोधनार्थे अपि प्रयुज्यते (O twice-born)

Speaker

Narrator (addressing the sages as ‘dvijāḥ’)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijāḥ (vocative in verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vinatā proposes: she will carry Kadrū while Garuḍa carries the serpents; Garuḍa replies ‘So be it,’ accepting her words before taking flight.

Characters & Entities

• Vinatā
• Kadrū
• Garuḍa
• Nāgas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Readiness to uphold duty: Garuḍa accepts his mother’s instruction without pride, modeling disciplined service.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

None explicitly; the verse remains within the Setukhaṇḍa narrative framework connected to Setu-mahātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse concerns an act of carrying and compliance.