Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

तान्सर्वान्मध्यतः कृत्वा पुनश्चैव ममंथिरे । निर्मथ्यमानादुदधेर्निर्गतानि बहून्यथ

Transliteration

tānsarvānmadhyataḥ kṛtvā punaścaiva mamaṃthire | nirmathyamānādudadhernirgatāni bahūnyatha

Translation

Nachdem sie all jene Schätze in die Mitte gebracht hatten, rührten sie erneut. Und als der Ozean gründlich gequirlt wurde, traten daraus viele weitere Dinge hervor.

Word by Word

• तान्: those (them)
• तान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), बहुवचन

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (तान् इति)

• मध्यतः: in the middle / from the midst
• मध्यतः: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb) — 'from/in the middle'

• कृत्वा: having placed/made
• कृत्वा: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया — 'having done/made'

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis/particle)

• ममंथिरे: they churned
• ममंथिरे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन्थ् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, आत्मनेपद

• निर्मथ्यमानात्: from (the ocean) being churned
• निर्मथ्यमानात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्मथ्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √मन्थ्)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले कर्मणि-प्रयोगे शानच्/मान-प्रत्ययान्त (present passive participle) 'being churned'; पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उदधेः इति विशेषण

• उदधेः: of the ocean
• उदधेः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• निर्गतानि: that came forth
• निर्गतानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्गत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √गम्)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; (बहूनि इति सह)

• बहूनि: many
• बहूनि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (निर्गतानि इति)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (then/now)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (narrative frame)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devas and Asuras resume churning the ocean; previously emerged treasures are placed centrally; the ocean froths again as new marvels begin to rise.

Characters & Entities

• Ocean (Udadhi)
• Sura-Asura (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Do not stop at partial attainment; sustained effort in dharma reveals further grace and deeper outcomes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in the verse; the text belongs to Kedārakhaṇḍa’s sacred narrative context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates the ongoing churning.