Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 84
Devanagari script
तत उत्थाय तान्देवान्क्षीरोस्योत्तरं तटम् । नीत्वा तं पर्वतं वृद्धं निक्षिप्याप्सु ततो ययौ
Transliteration
tata utthāya tāndevānkṣīrosyottaraṃ taṭam | nītvā taṃ parvataṃ vṛddhaṃ nikṣipyāpsu tato yayau
Translation
それから彼は立ち上がり、あの神々を乳海の北岸へと導いた。さらにその大いなる山を運び、水中に据え置いて、やがて去って行った。
Word by Word
ततःthen/from there
ततः:
Kāla/Desha-adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formदेश/क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (ablatival adverb: from there/thereupon)
उत्थायhaving risen
उत्थाय:
Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootउद् + स्था (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभाव
तान्those (them)
तान्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम (Pronoun), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)
देवान्the gods
देवान्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)
क्षीरस्यof the milk(-ocean)
क्षीरस्य:
Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootक्षीर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)
उत्तरम्northern
उत्तरम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootउत्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); तटम्-विशेषणम्
तटम्bank/shore
तटम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतट (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
नीत्वाhaving led/taken
नीत्वा:
Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootनी (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभाव
तम्that
तम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम (Pronoun), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
पर्वतम्mountain
पर्वतम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
वृद्धम्old/great
वृद्धम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootवृद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); पर्वतम्-विशेषणम्
निक्षिप्यhaving placed/thrown down
निक्षिप्य:
Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootनि + क्षिप् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभाव
अप्सुin the waters
अप्सु:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootअप् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), बहुवचन (Plural)
ततःthen
ततः:
Kāla-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formक्रमवाचक-अव्यय (thereupon)
ययौwent
ययौ:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootया (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपदम्
Speaker
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Kṣīra-samudra (mythic)
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Viṣṇu transports devas to the northern shore of the Milk Ocean, lowers the great mountain into the waters, and departs, leaving the stage set for churning.
Characters & Entities
K
Kṣīrasāgara (Ocean of Milk)FAQs
Divine guidance not only protects but also places seekers in the right ‘shore’—the proper setting for dharmic accomplishment.
The verse references the cosmic Kṣīrasāgara rather than a terrestrial tīrtha.
None.