Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

माल्यवान्मलयश्चैव महेंद्रो मंदरस्तथा । मेरुश्चैव प्रयत्नेन पूजितो विष्णुना तदा

Transliteration

mālyavānmalayaścaiva maheṃdro maṃdarastathā | meruścaiva prayatnena pūjito viṣṇunā tadā

Translation

มาลยวานและมลยะ มเหนทระและมันทรา—ทั้งเมรุด้วย—ครั้งนั้นพระวิษณุทรงบูชาด้วยความเพียรพยายามและความระมัดระวังยิ่ง

Word by Word

• माल्यवान्: Mālyavān (mountain)
• माल्यवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माल्यवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मलयः: Malaya (mountain)
• मलयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction)

• एव: also/indeed
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (Nipāta)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle/emphasis)

• महेंद्रः: Mahendra (mountain)
• महेंद्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मह + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिकौ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (महान् इन्द्रः)

• मंदरः: Mandara (mountain)
• मंदरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्दर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तथा: likewise/also
• तथा: Samuccaya/Adverbial
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• मेरुः: Meru (mountain)
• मेरुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction)

• एव: indeed/also
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (Nipāta)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle/emphasis)

• प्रयत्नेन: with effort/diligently
• प्रयत्नेन: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रयत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• पूजितः: was worshipped
• पूजितः: Kriya (Predicate; passive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग

• विष्णुना: by Viṣṇu
• विष्णुना: Karana (Agent in passive/कर्ता-कारक in कर्मणि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kriya-visheshana (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

Speaker

Lomaśa (continued narration from 27.1)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahendragiri (implied by Mahendra)

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viṣṇu, with deliberate care, worships a circle of mountains: Malaya with sandal forests, Mahendra near the sea-winds, Mandara as the famed churning-mountain, and Meru towering as the golden axis.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Mālyavān
• Malaya
• Mahendra
• Mandara
• Meru

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reverence offered with prayatna (sincere effort) sanctifies the act; sacred places and their guardians are honored as embodiments of divine stability.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra’s Purāṇic setting, expressed through the larger sacred map of renowned mountains.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā performed with prayatna—careful, intentional worship—though no specific items are listed.