Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 113

Devanagari script

तैर्गरुत्मद्भिरासाद्य जंभं भुजगरूपिणम् । कृतस्तु संढशो दैत्यः सास्य माया व्यनश्यत

Transliteration

tairgarutmadbhirāsādya jaṃbhaṃ bhujagarūpiṇam | kṛtastu saṃḍhaśo daityaḥ sāsya māyā vyanaśyata

Translation

被那些迦楼罗猛然袭击，化作蛇形的阇婆（Jambha）被撕裂成碎片；随之他的幻力（摩耶）亦告消散。

Word by Word

• taiḥ: by them
• taiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन

• garutmadbhiḥ: by the Garudas
• garutmadbhiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: garutmant (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• āsādya: having reached/assailed
• āsādya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-sad (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), ‘having approached/attacked’

• jaṃbham: Jambha
• jaṃbham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jaṃbha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• bhujagarūpiṇam: in the form of a serpent
• bhujagarūpiṇam: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhujaga + rūpin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (jaṃbham इति); समासः—तत्पुरुष (भुजगस्य रूपं यस्य)

• kṛtaḥ: was made, became
• kṛtaḥ: Kriyā (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘was made/became’

• tu: indeed, but
• tu: Sambandha-bodhaka (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle) = ‘but/indeed’

• saṃḍaśaḥ: (like) tongs/pincers
• saṃḍaśaḥ: Prātipadika-predicative (Predicate nominal/विशेष्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃḍaśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘tongs/pincers’ (रूपक/उपमा)

• daityaḥ: the demon
• daityaḥ: Kartā (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• sā: that
• sā: Kartā (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘that (māyā)’

• asya: of him, his
• asya: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• māyā: illusion, magic
• māyā: Kartā (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• vyanaśyata: vanished, was destroyed
• vyanaśyata: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-naś (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद/परस्मैपद-प्रयोगानुसार ‘perished/vanished’

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) narrating to the sages (contextual attribution within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A swarm of Garuḍas descends upon Jambha who has taken serpent-form; they tear the serpent-body apart as a dark aura of illusion dissipates like smoke.

Characters & Entities

• Jambha
• Garuḍas
• Māyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When the support of illusion is cut off, māyā collapses—truth prevails once the right divine counterforce is invoked.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha appears in this verse; it is a battle episode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse narrates the defeat of an illusory transformation.