Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

क्षीरोदादीन्समुद्रांश्च मानसादिसरांसि च । वनानि नंदनादीनि धेनूः कामदुघादयः

Transliteration

kṣīrodādīnsamudrāṃśca mānasādisarāṃsi ca | vanāni naṃdanādīni dhenūḥ kāmadughādayaḥ

Translation

ക്ഷീരസമുദ്രം മുതലായ സമുദ്രങ്ങളെയും, മാനസസരോവർ മുതലായ തടാകങ്ങളെയും, നന്ദനാദി ദിവ്യവനങ്ങളെയും, കാമധേനു മുതലായ പുണ്യധേനുക്കളെയും സ്മരിക്കണം।

Word by Word

• kṣīrodādīn: Kṣīroda and others
• kṣīrodādīn: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣīroda + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचनम्; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (क्षीरोदः आदिः येषाम्)

• samudrān: oceans
• samudrān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: samudra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचनम्

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय)

• mānasādi-sarāṃsi: lakes such as Mānasa
• mānasādi-sarāṃsi: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānasa + ādi + saras (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचनम्; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (मानसादीनि सरांसि)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय)

• vanāni: forests
• vanāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचनम्

• nandanādīni: such as Nandana
• nandanādīni: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nandana + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचनम्; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (नन्दनम् आदिः येषाम्) विशेषणम् (वनानि)

• dhenūḥ: cows
• dhenūḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhenu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचनम्

• kāmadughādayaḥ: Kāmadughā and others
• kāmadughādayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāmadughā + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचनम्; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (कामदुघा आदयः)

Speaker

Deductive: a Dharma-instructor voice within Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa (narrative speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mānasarovar (explicit); Kṣīroda and Nandana (mythic)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic montage: the Milk Ocean shimmering with white waves, Mānasarovar as a crystal lake beneath snowy peaks, Nandana forest with flowering trees, and Kāmadhenu radiating abundance—seen as visions during a devotee’s morning meditation.

Characters & Entities

• Kṣīroda (Milk Ocean)
• Mānasarovar
• Nandana-vana
• Kāmadhenu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purity is strengthened by remembering sacred realms and beneficent divine beings that uphold dharma and abundance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mānasarovar is referenced (as a sacred lake), alongside cosmic tīrthas like the Milk Ocean.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Mental worship through remembrance (smaraṇa) of oceans, lakes, divine forests, and sacred cows.