Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 103
Devanagari script
शेषोपि भक्त्या विष्णोश्च तपसाऽवातरद्भुवि
Transliteration
śeṣopi bhaktyā viṣṇośca tapasā'vātaradbhuvi
Translation
Śeṣa stieg ebenfalls, aus Hingabe an Viṣṇu und durch Askese, auf die Erde herab.
Word by Word
शेषःŚeṣa
शेषः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — masculine nominative singular
अपिalso
अपि:
Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (समुच्चय/अपि-भाव) — ‘also/even’
भक्त्याwith devotion
भक्त्या:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootbhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन — instrumental singular ‘with devotion’
विष्णोःof Viṣṇu
विष्णोः:
Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootviṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन — genitive singular
चand
च:
Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक) — conjunction
तपसाby austerity
तपसा:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Roottapas (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन — instrumental singular ‘by austerity’
अवातरद्descended
अवातरद्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootava√tṝ (धातु)
Formलङ् (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदम् — ‘descended’
भुविon the earth
भुवि:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootbhuvi (प्रातिपदिक: bhu/भूमि)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — locative singular ‘on earth’
Speaker
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Śeṣa/Ananta, luminous serpent with multiple hoods, performing tapas (austerity posture implied) and then descending/manifesting on earth; aura suggests devotion to Viṣṇu.
Characters & Entities
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ŚeṣaV
ViṣṇuFAQs
Even exalted beings act through bhakti and tapas to serve the divine purpose on earth.
Kedāra Khaṇḍa context; no explicit tirtha named in this half-verse.
Tapas and bhakti are indicated as spiritual disciplines.