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Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

महेशाय च भक्ते द्वौ कृपायेतां सदा मयि । ततः श्रेष्ठं च तं मत्वा क्षीरोदं मुनयो ययुः

Transliteration

maheśāya ca bhakte dvau kṛpāyetāṃ sadā mayi | tataḥ śreṣṭhaṃ ca taṃ matvā kṣīrodaṃ munayo yayuḥ

Translation

„Mögen jene beiden — Maheśa und der Bhakta — mir stets Erbarmen erweisen.“ Dann hielten die Weisen jenes (Reich) für das vortrefflichste und zogen zum Milchozean (Kṣīroda).

Word by Word
महेशायto Maheśa (Śiva)
महेशाय:
Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootमहेश (प्रातिपदिक: महा + ईश)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (4th/Dative), एकवचन
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)
भक्तेtwo devotees
भक्ते:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootभक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), द्विवचन; 'भक्तौ' इत्यर्थे (two devotees)
द्वौtwo
द्वौ:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootद्वि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; संख्याविशेषण (भक्ते)
कृपायेताम्may (they) show mercy
कृपायेताम्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकृपा (प्रातिपदिक) + इ (धातु; √इ ‘to go’ in desiderative/benedictive usage)
Formलोट्-लकार (Imperative/benedictive sense), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), द्विवचन; आत्मनेपद; आशीर्लिङ्गार्थ (may they show mercy)
सदाalways
सदा:
Kala (Time/काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसदा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; कालवाचक (always)
मयिon me / in me
मयि:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन
ततःthen/thereupon
ततः:
Sambandha (Sequence/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय/तद्-प्रभव)
Formअव्यय; तद्-शब्दात् निष्पन्न, अपादान/क्रम (thereupon/from that)
श्रेष्ठम्the best/superior
श्रेष्ठम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootश्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (तम्)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय (and)
तम्him
तम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
मत्वाhaving considered
मत्वा:
Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootमन् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (having considered)
क्षीरोदम्the Milk Ocean
क्षीरोदम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootक्षीर-उद (प्रातिपदिक: क्षीर + उद)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्षीरसमुद्रः
मुनयःthe sages
मुनयः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
ययुःwent
ययुः:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootया (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद
Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deductive, Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kṣīroda / Kṣīrābdhi

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Karadhama

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sages, having heard Brahmā’s humble prayer, journey to the luminous Ocean of Milk where a serene divine presence is implied; the motif of compassion from Maheśa and a great devotee hovers as blessing.

Characters & Entities
M
Maheśa (Śiva)
B
Bhakta (devotee)
K
Kṣīroda (Ocean of Milk)

FAQs

Divine grace flows through both the Lord and true devotion; seeking compassion (kṛpā) is central to purāṇic bhakti.

A cosmic sacred geography is invoked: Kṣīroda, the Ocean of Milk, revered as a divine realm rather than a terrestrial tīrtha.

No direct rite is prescribed; the verse emphasizes prayer for grace and the sages’ pilgrimage-like movement toward a sanctified realm.

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