Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

इत्युक्तो बलिराविष्टः स्यमानः खगेश्वरम् । वक्ष्यमाणमिदं वाक्यं गरुत्मन्तं तदाऽब्रवीत्

Transliteration

ityukto balirāviṣṭaḥ syamānaḥ khageśvaram | vakṣyamāṇamidaṃ vākyaṃ garutmantaṃ tadā'bravīt

Translation

เมื่อถูกกล่าวเช่นนั้น บาลีผู้ตื่นตระหนกและกระวนกระวายใจ จึงตอบกลับพญาครุฑ จอมแห่งนก ในขณะที่เขากำลังกล่าวถ้อยคำเหล่านี้

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-समाप्ति-निपात (quotative particle)

• उक्तः: (having been) addressed
• उक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वच् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; ‘having been spoken to’

• बलिः: Bali
• बलिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• आविष्टः: overcome/possessed
• आविष्टः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ + विश् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘entered/possessed, affected’

• स्यमानः: becoming (so)
• स्यमानः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्य (धातु; ‘to become’/भू-अर्थ) + शानच् (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले कर्तरि कृदन्त (शानच्), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘becoming’

• खगेश्वरम्: the lord of birds (Garuda)
• खगेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: खग + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; ‘खगानाम् ईश्वरः’

• वक्ष्यमाणम्: to be spoken
• वक्ष्यमाणम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वच् (धातु) + यत् (भविष्यत्कर्मणि कृदन्त)
• Form: भविष्यत्काले कर्मणि कृदन्त (वक्ष्यमाण), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; वाक्यम्-विशेषण

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; वाक्यम्-विशेषण

• वाक्यम्: speech, statement
• वाक्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• गरुत्मन्तम्: Garutman (Garuda)
• गरुत्मन्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गरुत्मत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• अब्रवीत्: said
• अब्रवीत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (imperfect/past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating; introducing Bali’s reply

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Frame-audience (sages/pilgrims)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bali, shaken and flushed with emotion, turns to answer Garuḍa; Garuḍa stands poised, mid-speech, commanding the space.

Characters & Entities

• Bali
• Garuḍa (Garuṭmān/Khageśvara)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is tested under pressure; the verse sets the stage for Bali’s principled stance amid fear and rebuke.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedārakhaṇḍa frame links the narrative to Kedāra’s sanctity, though the verse itself is conversational.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a narrative connector to Bali’s statement.