Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

अक्षमालां लांगलं च मुसलं वरदं तथा । पूर्णं च मोदकैः पात्रं पाणिना च विचिंतयेत्

Transliteration

akṣamālāṃ lāṃgalaṃ ca musalaṃ varadaṃ tathā | pūrṇaṃ ca modakaiḥ pātraṃ pāṇinā ca viciṃtayet

Translation

(Hendaknya ia merenungkan-Nya memegang) mālā (tasbih), bajak, alu, serta tangan pemberi anugerah; dan pada tangan lainnya sebuah mangkuk yang penuh modaka.

Word by Word

• अक्ष-मालाम्: rosary
• अक्ष-मालाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + माला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास ('rosary of beads')

• लाङ्गलम्: plough
• लाङ्गलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लाङ्गल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• मुसलम्: pestle/club
• मुसलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुसल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• वरदम्: boon-giving (gesture/hand)
• वरदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वरद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण/नामवत् ('boon-giving' gesture/hand)

• तथा: also
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/अव्यय-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: 'also/likewise')

• पूर्णम्: filled/full
• पूर्णम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्ण (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √पॄ 'to fill')
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past participle)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• मोदकैः: with modakas (sweets)
• मोदकैः: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोदक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• पात्रम्: bowl/vessel
• पात्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• पाणिना: with the hand
• पाणिना: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाणि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• विचिन्तयेत्: one should contemplate/visualize
• विचिन्तयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + चिन्त् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) addressing sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra / Kedārakṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Ten-armed Gaṇeśa holding a rosary, plough, pestle, showing varada-mudrā, and carrying a brimming bowl of modakas—an image of disciplined power culminating in benevolent grace and sweet fruition.

Characters & Entities

• Gaṇeśa
• Modaka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Gaṇeśa is approached as the giver of siddhi: japa (rosary), discipline (plough), strength (pestle), grace (varada), and auspicious sweetness (modaka).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedārakhaṇḍa provides the wider sacred setting; this verse is primarily a dhyāna detail, not a tīrtha-stuti.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dhyāna prescription: visualize Gaṇeśa’s hands holding these emblems, including a modaka-filled bowl.