Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

मथित्वा सागरं देवा गृहीत्वाऽमृतमुत्तमम् । सत्वरास्तत्र ते गत्वा पपुश्चैव यथेप्सया

Transliteration

mathitvā sāgaraṃ devā gṛhītvā'mṛtamuttamam | satvarāstatra te gatvā papuścaiva yathepsayā

Translation

देवांनी सागरमंथन करून परम अमृत हस्तगत केले; मग ते त्वरेने तिथे जाऊन इच्छेप्रमाणे ते पीयूष प्राशन केले।

Word by Word

• mathitvā: having churned
• mathitvā: Kriya (Gerundial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: math (धातु) + tvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वकाल

• sāgaram: the ocean
• sāgaram: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāgara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन

• devāḥ: the gods
• devāḥ: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; बहुवचन

• gṛhītvā: having taken
• gṛhītvā: Kriya (Gerundial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: grah (धातु) + tvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वकाल

• amṛtam: nectar/ambrosia
• amṛtam: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: amṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन

• uttamam: excellent
• uttamam: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying amṛtam)

• satvarāḥ: hastening/quickly
• satvarāḥ: Visheshana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: satvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying devāḥ)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• te: they
• te: Karta (co-referential)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; बहुवचन

• gatvā: having gone
• gatvā: Kriya (Gerundial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु) + tvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वकाल

• papuḥ: drank
• papuḥ: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: pā (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष; बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण-निपात

• yathā: as
• yathā: Sambandha
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (manner)

• ipsayā: according to (their) desire
• ipsayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ipsā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental); एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-tīrtha (amṛta-episode locus)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The devas, fresh from the ocean-churning, carry the amṛta vessel and rush to a chosen spot at Prabhāsa to drink freely.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara
• Devas
• Sāgara-manthana
• Amṛta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha greatness is grounded in cosmic events; sacred places preserve the residue of divine acts.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse begins the origin narrative that will explain a Prabhāsakṣetra tīrtha connected with amṛta.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it introduces the mythic origin context.