Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

येनामृतं हृतं वीर्यात्परिभूय पुरंदरम् । मातृभक्तिपरीतेन सर्पाणां संनिवेदितम्

Transliteration

yenāmṛtaṃ hṛtaṃ vīryātparibhūya puraṃdaram | mātṛbhaktiparītena sarpāṇāṃ saṃniveditam

Translation

جس کی دلیری سے امرت چھین لیا گیا اور پُرندر (اِندر) رسوا ہوا؛ اور جو ماں کی بھکتی سے سرشار ہو کر اسے سانپوں کے حضور نذر کر گیا۔

Word by Word

• येन: by whom/through whom
• येन: Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (यद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया, एकवचनम्; साधन/हेतु-प्रयोगः

• अमृतम्: nectar (amṛta)
• अमृतम्: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: amṛta (अमृत) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; कर्मपदम् (हृतम्)

• हृतम्: was taken away
• हृतम्: Kriya (Participial predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: hṛta (हृत) < √hṛ (हृ धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्गः, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे 'carried off'

• वीर्यात्: by (his) valor/from strength
• वीर्यात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vīrya (वीर्य) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, पञ्चमी, एकवचनम्; हेतौ/अपादाने (from strength)

• परिभूय: having overpowered
• परिभूय: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-√bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त, ल्यप्/त्वान्त-समकक्ष (absolutive) — 'having overpowered/insulted'

• पुरंदरम्: Purandara (Indra)
• पुरंदरम्: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puraṃdara (पुरंदर) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गः, द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; कर्मपदम् (परिभूय)

• मातृभक्तिपरीतेन: endowed with devotion to his mother
• मातृभक्तिपरीतेन: Karana (Accompaniment/Means)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mātṛ (मातृ) + bhakti (भक्ति) + parīta (परीत < pari+√i इ धातु)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः (मातृभक्त्या परीतः); पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्गः, तृतीया, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (येन) — करण/सहभाव

• सर्पाणाम्: of the serpents/to the serpents
• सर्पाणाम्: Sambandha (Recipient group)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarpa (सर्प) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गः, षष्ठी, बहुवचनम्; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• संनिवेदितम्: was offered/presented
• संनिवेदितम्: Kriya (Participial predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: saṃ-ni-√vid (विद्/वेद् धातु; निवेदने)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्गः, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; कर्मणि — 'was presented/offered' (अमृतम् understood)

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Garuḍa in full divine eagle form snatches the amṛta vessel, Indra (Purandara) humbled; then Garuḍa, reverent and gentle, offers the amṛta onward for his mother’s sake—showing power tempered by devotion.

Characters & Entities

• Garuḍa
• Amṛta
• Indra (Purandara)
• Serpents (Nāgas)
• Mother (Vinatā implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Mātṛbhakti is upheld as a high dharma: even immense power is directed toward filial duty and righteous purpose.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Suparṇa Māhātmya frame is continued; the tīrtha’s greatness is reflected by recalling Garuḍa’s famed deeds linked to that sacred tradition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; it recounts the amṛta episode as a dharma-illustration within the māhātmya.