Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

पात्रं मोदकसंपूर्णमक्षयं चैव पार्वती । भोजनार्थे महाभागा मातृस्नेहपरायणा

Transliteration

pātraṃ modakasaṃpūrṇamakṣayaṃ caiva pārvatī | bhojanārthe mahābhāgā mātṛsnehaparāyaṇā

Translation

Pārvatī, la très fortunée, toute vouée à la tendresse maternelle, lui donna pour sa nourriture un vase inépuisable rempli de modakas.

Word by Word

• pātram: a vessel/bowl
• pātram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pātra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम् (Accusative singular)

• modaka-saṃpūrṇam: filled with modakas
• modaka-saṃpūrṇam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: modaka (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃpūrṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषसदृशः (modakaiḥ saṃpūrṇam / modakānāṃ saṃpūrṇam); नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम् (agreeing with pātram)

• akṣayam: inexhaustible
• akṣayam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-kṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम् (agreeing with pātram)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Nipāta (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्ययम् (restrictive/emphatic particle)

• pārvatī: Pārvatī
• pārvatī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārvatī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम् (Nominative singular)

• bhojanārthe: for eating (purpose)
• bhojanārthe: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhojana (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी-तत्पुरुषः (bhojanāya arthaḥ); पुल्लिङ्गे सप्तमी एकवचनम् (Locative singular: ‘for the purpose of eating’)

• mahābhāgā: most fortunate
• mahābhāgā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of Pārvatī/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयः (mahān bhāgaḥ yasyāḥ); स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्

• mātṛsneha-parāyaṇā: devoted to maternal affection
• mātṛsneha-parāyaṇā: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mātṛ (प्रातिपदिक) + sneha (प्रातिपदिक) + parāyaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (mātuḥ snehaḥ) + तत्पुरुषः (tasmin parāyaṇā); स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्

Speaker

Narrator (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pārvatī, radiant and compassionate, offers an inexhaustible vessel brimming with modakas; the recipient receives it reverently; the scene conveys warmth, sweetness, and maternal protection.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī
• Modaka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace also appears as sustenance: the Mother’s compassion provides inexhaustible support to the devotee and protector of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named in this verse; it continues the consecration-and-blessing sequence within the tīrtha chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicit offering culture: modakas as sacred food (prasāda/naivedya) associated with Gaṇeśa, though no direct instruction is stated.