Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 103

Devanagari script

एवमुक्तो हसन्कृष्ण उच्चिक्षेप महत्सरः । स्वेनांगुष्ठेन तेजस्वी तदर्धार्धमजायत

Transliteration

evamukto hasankṛṣṇa uccikṣepa mahatsaraḥ | svenāṃguṣṭhena tejasvī tadardhārdhamajāyata

Translation

Ainsi interpellé, Kṛṣṇa sourit et, rayonnant de puissance, souleva le grand lac de son propre pouce ; il se trouva réduit à une infime part de sa taille d’autrefois.

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: 'thus')

• uktaḥ: having been spoken to
• uktaḥ: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि (PPP: 'having been told/addressed')

• hasan: laughing
• hasan: Kriya-samānādhikaraṇa (Concomitant action/समानकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √has (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमान कृदन्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि (while laughing)

• kṛṣṇaḥ: Krishna
• kṛṣṇaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (masc nom sg)

• uccikṣepa: lifted up
• uccikṣepa: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ud-√kṣip (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद (he lifted/raised)

• mahat: great
• mahat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (neuter nom/acc sg)

• saraḥ: the lake
• saraḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saras (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (context: कर्म), एकवचन (neuter acc sg)

• svena: with his own
• svena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sva (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन; स्वकीयवाचक (instrumental: 'with his own')

• aṃguṣṭhena: with (his) thumb
• aṃguṣṭhena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṃguṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन (masc instr sg)

• tejasvī: radiant, powerful
• tejasvī: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tejasvin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (masc nom sg)

• tad-ardha-ardham: a quarter of it (half of the half)
• tad-ardha-ardham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad + ardha + ardha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (tadardhārdham = 'half of that half', i.e., quarter)

• ajāyata: became, was produced
• ajāyata: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jan (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद (was produced/came to be)

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa tradition, Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kṛṣṇa smiling, radiant, presses/lifts the enormous lake with his thumb; the vast expanse visibly shrinks to a small fraction, water curling inward like a compressed cosmos.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Divine effortlessly transcends natural limits; surrender replaces pride when grace is witnessed.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A specific tīrtha-name is not given; the focus is the miraculous transformation of a great lake.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.