Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

गरुड उवाच । तव तेजोभयादेव सा कन्या जनकान्विता । मया दूरे विनिर्मुक्ता तत्कथं तामिहानये

Transliteration

garuḍa uvāca | tava tejobhayādeva sā kanyā janakānvitā | mayā dūre vinirmuktā tatkathaṃ tāmihānaye

Translation

Garuḍa thưa: “Chỉ vì sợ uy quang của Ngài mà thiếu nữ ấy—cùng với phụ thân—đã được ta thả đi thật xa. Vậy nay làm sao ta có thể đưa nàng trở lại đây?”

Word by Word

• garuḍaḥ: Garuḍa
• garuḍaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: garuḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन

• tejaḥ-bhayāt: from fear of (your) radiance
• tejaḥ-bhayāt: Apadana (Source/Cause/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tejas (प्रातिपदिक) + bhaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास: 'तेजसः भयम्' = fear of (your) splendor; नपुंसकलिङ्ग (भयम्), पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन

• eva: indeed
• eva: Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अवधारण)

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• kanyā: the maiden
• kanyā: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kanyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• janaka-anvitā: accompanied by her father
• janaka-anvitā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: janaka (प्रातिपदिक) + anvita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास: 'जनकेन अन्विता' = accompanied by her father; कृदन्त (क्त) विशेषण; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया, एकवचन

• dūre: far away
• dūre: Desha (Place/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: dūra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (सप्तमी-एकवचन-रूपेण क्रियाविशेषण) = far away

• vinirmuktā: was released/let go
• vinirmuktā: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-nis-√muc (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि: 'विनिर्मुक्ता (मया)' = was released/let go

• tat: therefore
• tat: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् निपात-प्रयोगः (तत् = therefore/then)

• katham: how?
• katham: Prashna (Question/प्रश्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: katham (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रश्नार्थक)

• tām: her
• tām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• iha: here
• iha: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक)

• ānaye: shall I bring
• ānaye: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√nī (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; प्रश्नार्थे

Speaker

Garuḍa

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: The Lord (implied addressee)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Garuḍa, majestic and winged, speaks with candor: the maiden and her father were released far away due to fear of the Lord’s splendor; he expresses logistical impossibility, highlighting the Lord’s overwhelming tejas.

Characters & Entities

• Garuḍa
• Viṣṇu
• Janaka (father of the maiden)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine tejas (splendor) inspires awe that naturally disciplines beings; service to dharma includes truthful reporting of constraints.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it functions as narrative within a tīrtha-mahātmya chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is a dialogue explaining an earlier action.