Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

उद्धव उवाच । मयो नाम महादैत्यो मायावी लोकविश्रुतः । कृतं तेन सरः शुभ्रं तस्य नाम्ना च विश्रुतम्

Transliteration

uddhava uvāca | mayo nāma mahādaityo māyāvī lokaviśrutaḥ | kṛtaṃ tena saraḥ śubhraṃ tasya nāmnā ca viśrutam

Translation

ಉದ್ದವನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ಮಯ ಎಂಬ ಮಹಾದೈತ್ಯನೊಬ್ಬನು ಇದ್ದನು; ಮಾಯಾವಿಯಾಗಿ ಲೋಕಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧ. ಅವನೇ ಈ ಶುಭ್ರ ಸರೋವರವನ್ನು ನಿರ್ಮಿಸಿದನು; ಇದು ಅವನ ಹೆಸರಿನಿಂದಲೇ ಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧವಾಗಿದೆ.

Word by Word

• उद्धवः: Uddhava
• उद्धवः: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्धव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मयः: Maya (name)
• मयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• नाम: by name
• नाम: Sambandha (Naming particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (indeclinable used with names: ‘by name’)

• महादैत्यः: a great demon
• महादैत्यः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; apposition to ‘मयः’

• मायावी: possessing magic; illusionist
• मायावी: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मायाविन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; adjective to ‘मयः’

• लोकविश्रुतः: famed in the world
• लोकविश्रुतः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लोक + विश्रुत (कृदन्त; वि+√श्रु धातु, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; adjective to ‘मयः’

• कृतम्: made; constructed
• कृतम्: Karta (Predicate/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृदन्त; √कृ धातु, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; predicate adjective with ‘सरः’

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/कर्ता-हेतु), एकवचन; Instrumental singular referring to ‘मयः’

• सरः: the lake
• सरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• शुभ्रम्: bright; pure
• शुभ्रम्: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; adjective to ‘सरः’

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; Genitive singular

• नाम्ना: by (his) name
• नाम्ना: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; Instrumental singular ‘by/with the name’

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

• विश्रुतम्: is renowned
• विश्रुतम्: Karta (Predicate/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विश्रुत (कृदन्त; वि+√श्रु धातु, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; predicate adjective with implied ‘सरः’

Speaker

Uddhava

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Māyā-saras

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Gopīs

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Uddhava explains the lake’s origin: a renowned daitya, Maya, master of illusion and craft, created the splendid saras; the lake’s name derives from its maker.

Characters & Entities

• Uddhava
• Maya (Mahādaitya/Dānava)
• Mayasaras

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic tīrthas carry layered histories; even beings famed for māyā become instruments through which sacred geography is established.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mayasaras—explicitly explained as the lake created by Maya and famous by his name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription appears; the verse provides tīrtha-māhātmya through origin and naming.