Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

धुनानः पद्ममेकेन पाणिना मधुसूदनः । सनकादिमहायोगिसेवितः पार्श्वयोर्द्वयोः

Transliteration

dhunānaḥ padmamekena pāṇinā madhusūdanaḥ | sanakādimahāyogisevitaḥ pārśvayordvayoḥ

Translation

മധുസൂദനനായ വിഷ്ണു ഒരു കൈകൊണ്ട് പദ്മം മൃദുവായി കുലുക്കിക്കൊണ്ട് നിലകൊണ്ടു; സനകാദി മഹായോഗികൾ ഇരുപാർശ്വങ്ങളിലും അദ്ദേഹത്തെ സേവിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• धुनानः: shaking
• धुनानः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धुन् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Present active participle, शतृ), प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग

• पद्मम्: a lotus
• पद्मम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• एकेन: with one
• एकेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• पाणिना: by (his) hand
• पाणिना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाणि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• मधुसूदनः: Madhusūdana (slayer of Madhu)
• मधुसूदनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु + सूदन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (madhusya sūdanaḥ)

• सनकादिमहायोगिसेवितः: served by great yogis like Sanaka
• सनकादिमहायोगिसेवितः: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सनक + आदि + महा + योगि + सेवित (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past passive participle, क्त), प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग; समासः—(सनकादयः महायोगिनः) तैः सेवितः

• पार्श्वयोः: of (his) two sides
• पार्श्वयोः: Adhikarana/Relation (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्श्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), द्विवचन

• द्वयोः: of two
• द्वयोः: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), द्विवचन; संख्याविशेषण

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; likely the Purāṇic narrator describing the theophany to Gālava)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu / Setubandha (Rāmeśvara-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇa interlocutor(s) (implied by vocative style in adjacent verses)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viṣṇu (Madhusūdana) stands at the sea-edge tīrtha of Setu, gently shaking a lotus with one hand; on both sides stand Sanaka and other ancient yogins in serene attendance, suggesting timeless wisdom surrounding the Lord’s luminous calm.

Characters & Entities

• Madhusūdana
• Viṣṇu
• Sanaka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine darśana is bestowed where purity and devotion converge; the Lord is approachable even to embodied seekers when the sacred field is honored.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu tīrtha (Setukhaṇḍa’s sacred geography, traditionally associated with Rāmeśvaram/Setubandha).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated in this verse; it emphasizes darśana and the sanctity of the place through divine manifestation.