Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

तेषां चोद्धरणे दैत्य रत्नानामिह सागरात् । तर्हि निर्मथनं कार्यं भवता कार्यसिद्धये

Transliteration

teṣāṃ coddharaṇe daitya ratnānāmiha sāgarāt | tarhi nirmathanaṃ kāryaṃ bhavatā kāryasiddhaye

Translation

“Wahai Daitya, jika permata-permata itu hendak diangkat dari lautan ini, maka engkau wajib melakukan pengadukan (churning) lautan, agar maksud yang dihajati berhasil,” demikian katanya.

Word by Word

• तेषाम्: of those
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; 'of those (things)'

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

• उद्धरणे: in the recovery
• उद्धरणे: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद् + हृ (धातु) + ल्युट् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; क्रियावाचक-नाम (in the act of lifting out/recovery)

• दैत्य: O demon (Daitya)
• दैत्य: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; 'O Daitya'

• रत्नानाम्: of gems
• रत्नानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; 'of gems'

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: 'here')

• सागरात्: from the ocean
• सागरात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सागर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन; अपादान (from the ocean)

• तर्हि: then/therefore
• तर्हि: Sambandha (Inference/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तर्हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात/अव्यय (then/therefore)

• निर्मथनम्: churning
• निर्मथनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर् + मथ् (धातु) + ल्युट् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्रियावाचक-नाम (churning)

• कार्यम्: must be done
• कार्यम्: Kriya (Obligation predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) + यत्/ण्यत् (कृदन्त; कार्य)
• Form: ण्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive: 'to be done/necessary'), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय

• भवता: by you
• भवता: Karana (Agent-in-instrumental/कर्तृ-तृतीया)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक/आदरार्थ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; आदरार्थ-प्रयोग (by you, sir)

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

Speaker

Deductive (narrative voice within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa reporting the episode)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Samudra-manthana (mythic tīrtha-source)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra (or the speaker) instructs Bali: to recover the jewels from the ocean, churning must be undertaken for success.

Characters & Entities

• Daitya
• Sāgara (ocean)
• Ratna (jewels)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Desired results arise through rightful, sustained effort—one must undertake the necessary means, not merely wish for the outcome.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse occurs within Kedārakhaṇḍa (Kedāra region) though this line itself narrates the cosmic churning rather than naming a local tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is prescribed; it instructs undertaking the ‘churning’ (nirmathana) as a purposeful act to accomplish the goal.