Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 104

Devanagari script

तस्मादेतद्रक्षमाणा गरुडी संभवाम्यहम् । सुपर्णा सा ततो भूत्वा ददृशे श्वेतपर्वतम्

Transliteration

tasmādetadrakṣamāṇā garuḍī saṃbhavāmyaham | suparṇā sā tato bhūtvā dadṛśe śvetaparvatam

Translation

เพราะเหตุนั้น เพื่อพิทักษ์สิ่งนี้ “เราจักเป็นครุฑี” ครั้นเป็นนกสุปัรณาผู้มีปีกใหญ่แล้ว นางได้ทอดพระเนตรภูเขาขาว

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: from that (therefore)
• तस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-रूप

• एतत्: this (thing)
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-रूप

• रक्षमाणा: protecting
• रक्षमाणा: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: रक्ष् (धातु) + शानच् (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्त (Present active participle/शतृ-समकक्षः शानच्), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगः

• गरुडी: Garudī (female Garuḍa-bird)
• गरुडी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गरुड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• संभवामि: I arise / I come into being
• संभवामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + भू (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

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

• सुपर्णा: the fair-winged one
• सुपर्णा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु + पर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (सु=शोभन + पर्ण)

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ततः: then / thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया

• ददृशे: she saw
• ददृशे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• श्वेतपर्वतम्: the white mountain
• श्वेतपर्वतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वेत + पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (श्वेतः पर्वतः)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śvetaparvata

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A determined divine female figure resolves to become a Garuḍī; in the next instant she is a vast, golden-winged bird cutting through sky, and in the distance a luminous ‘White Mountain’ rises like a silver peak.

Characters & Entities

• Garuḍī
• Śvetaparvata

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma often requires protective wisdom—one may adopt skillful means to guard what must be preserved.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śvetaparvata is mentioned as a sacred landmark; the verse signals movement toward a significant holy geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the focus is on transformation and relocation within the sacred landscape.