Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

वायूपदेशाद्गरुडं सस्मार राघवस्तदा । नागपाशविमोक्षार्थं दशम्यां गरु डोऽभ्यगात्

Transliteration

vāyūpadeśādgaruḍaṃ sasmāra rāghavastadā | nāgapāśavimokṣārthaṃ daśamyāṃ garu ḍo'bhyagāt

Translation

تب وایو کے مشورے پر راگھو نے گرڑ کو یاد کیا۔ ناگ پاش سے رہائی کے لیے دسویں تاریخ کو گرڑ تشریف لائے۔

Word by Word

• वायूपदेशात्: from the instruction of Vāyu
• वायूपदेशात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु-उपदेश (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; वायु-उपदेशः = वायोः उपदेशः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• गरुडम्: Garuḍa
• गरुडम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गरुड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• सस्मार: remembered / called to mind
• सस्मार: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• राघवः: Rāghava (Rāma)
• राघवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राघव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• नागपाशविमोक्षार्थम्: for the purpose of release from the serpent-noose
• नागपाशविमोक्षार्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाग-पाश-विमोक्ष-अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; (नागपाशस्य विमोक्षः) तस्य अर्थः = प्रयोजनम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष-परम्परा)

• दशम्याम्: on the tenth (lunar day)
• दशम्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/Time-adhikaraṇa)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दशमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन (तिथिवाचक)

• गरुडः: Garuḍa
• गरुडः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गरुड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अभ्यगात्: came / approached
• अभ्यगात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-गम् (धातु)
• Form: लुङ्-लकार (Aorist), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Brāhma Khaṇḍa context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāghava, following Vāyu’s counsel, performs focused remembrance; Garuḍa descends with outspread wings, breaking a serpent-noose that binds or threatens.

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu
• Garuḍa
• Rāma (Rāghava)
• Nāgapāśa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Grace arrives through right counsel and remembrance of divine support; dharma is protected when invoked with clarity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; the focus is on divine intervention in the Laṅkā war narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite; the act is smaraṇa (devout remembrance/invocation).