Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

मथ्यमाने तदाब्धौ च निर्गतश्चंद्र अग्रतः । पीयूषपूर्णः सर्वेषां देवानां कार्यसिद्धये

Transliteration

mathyamāne tadābdhau ca nirgataścaṃdra agrataḥ | pīyūṣapūrṇaḥ sarveṣāṃ devānāṃ kāryasiddhaye

Translation

ആ സമുദ്രം മഥിക്കപ്പെടുമ്പോൾ ആദ്യം ചന്ദ്രൻ ഉദ്ഭവിച്ചു. അവൻ അമൃതപൂർണ്ണനായി ദേവന്മാരുടെ കാര്യസിദ്ധി വരുത്തി.

Word by Word

• मथ्यमाने: while (it) was being churned
• मथ्यमाने: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मथ् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Present passive participle sense), सप्तमी एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग (locative singular neuter); कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘मथ्यमाने (सति)’ = ‘when (it) was being churned’

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• अब्दौ: in the ocean
• अब्दौ: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अब्दि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

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

• निर्गतः: emerged
• निर्गतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर्गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; ‘having emerged’

• चन्द्रः: the Moon
• चन्द्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• अग्रतः: in front; first
• अग्रतः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अग्रतः (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• पीयूषपूर्णः: full of nectar
• पीयूषपूर्णः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पीयूष (प्रातिपदिक) + पूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/उपपद-तत्पुरुषार्थः (pūrṇaḥ with pīyūṣa as content), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying चन्द्रः)

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (सामान्यतः), षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• कार्यसिद्धये: for the accomplishment of (their) task
• कार्यसिद्धये: Sampradana (Purpose/Dative/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक) + सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (कार्यस्य सिद्धिः), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थे दत्तिः (dative of purpose)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and the assembled ṛṣis (Naimiṣāraṇya frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Ocean of Milk being churned with Mount Mandara as the churning rod and Vāsuki as the rope; the Moon rises first, luminous and cool, with a nectar-like radiance, while devas look on in relief.

Characters & Entities

• Candra (Moon)
• Pīyūṣa/Amṛta (nectar)
• Devas
• Ocean of Milk (implicit)
• Samudra Manthana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

From disciplined effort in a sacred undertaking arise auspicious ‘treasures’; divine outcomes manifest in proper order to support dharmic aims.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting is the mythic Ocean of Milk (Kṣīrārṇava), part of Purāṇic cosmology rather than a pilgrimage site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates the first emergence (Candra) during the churning.