Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

देवो यत्रास्ति विष्णुः स क्षीराब्धौ मधुसूदनः । जलशायी जगद्योनिः स दास्यति हितं च ते

Transliteration

devo yatrāsti viṣṇuḥ sa kṣīrābdhau madhusūdanaḥ | jalaśāyī jagadyoniḥ sa dāsyati hitaṃ ca te

Translation

နို့ပင်လယ်၌ မဓုသူဒန ဗိဿနုဘုရား တည်ရှိရာအရပ်၌၊ ရေပေါ်၌ လဲလျောင်းသော ကမ္ဘာ၏ မူလအမြစ်တော်သည် သင့်အတွက် အကျိုးရှိရာကို ပေးတော်မူလိမ့်မည်။

Word by Word

• देवः: the god
• देवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्ययम् (relative adverb: where)

• अस्ति: is
• अस्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• विष्णुः: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• क्षीराब्धौ: in the Ocean of Milk
• क्षीराब्धौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षीर-अब्धि (प्रातिपदिक; क्षीर + अब्धि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (क्षीरस्य अब्धिः)

• मधुसूदनः: Madhusūdana (slayer of Madhu)
• मधुसूदनः: Samanadhikarana (Apposition/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु-सूदन (प्रातिपदिक; मधु + सूदन)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (मधुं सूदयति इति)

• जलशायी: lying on the waters
• जलशायी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जल-शायिन् (प्रातिपदिक; जल + शायिन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; ‘सः’/‘विष्णुः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (जले शयितः)

• जगद्योनिः: source of the world
• जगद्योनिः: Samanadhikarana (Apposition/समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत्-योनि (प्रातिपदिक; जगत् + योनि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (जगतः योनिः)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• दास्यति: will give
• दास्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• हितम्: benefit, welfare
• हितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; ‘दास्यति’ इत्यस्य कर्म

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपातः (conjunction)

• ते: for you
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सर्वनाम; ‘हितम्’ इत्यस्य सम्बन्ध (for you/of you)

Speaker

Bṛhaspati

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kṣīrābdhi / Anantaśayana archetype

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A visionary revelation of Viṣṇu as Madhusūdana reclining on Śeṣa in the Milk Ocean, attended by Lakṣmī; the waters shimmer as the cosmic womb, promising benevolent boon.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Madhusūdana
• Kṣīrābdhi (Milk Ocean)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Viṣṇu, the cosmic sustainer, is the ultimate refuge; worship directed to him yields true welfare (hita).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kṣīrābdhi/Kṣīrasāgara—the Milk Ocean, presented as Viṣṇu’s exalted abode (Keśavālaya).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse supports the Viṣṇu-oriented vow by identifying the deity and locus of worship; the explicit vrata is given in the previous verse.