Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

स मैनाकः समुद्रांतः प्रविष्टः शक्र ते भयात् । पक्षाभ्यां सहितोऽद्यापि स तत्रैव व्यवस्थितः

Transliteration

sa mainākaḥ samudrāṃtaḥ praviṣṭaḥ śakra te bhayāt | pakṣābhyāṃ sahito'dyāpi sa tatraiva vyavasthitaḥ

Translation

ด้วยความหวาดกลัวต่อพระองค์ โอ้ศักระ (อินทรา) ภูเขาไมณากะจึงดำดิ่งสู่ห้วงสมุทร; และแม้กาลนี้ยังคงมีปีกอยู่ ก็สถิตมั่น ณ ที่นั้นเพียงลำพัง

Word by Word

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

• मैनाकः: Maināka
• मैनाकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मैनाक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सः इत्यस्य विशेष्य (apposition)

• समुद्रान्तः: into the sea/within the sea (sea-interior)
• समुद्रान्तः: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्र + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषार्थे (समुद्रस्य अन्तः = समुद्रान्तः)

• प्रविष्टः: entered
• प्रविष्टः: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + विश् (धातु) → प्रविष्ट (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि-भावे (entered)

• शक्र: O Śakra (Indra)
• शक्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• ते: of you/your
• ते: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• भयात्: from fear (because of fear)
• भयात्: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Source/हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन

• पक्षाभ्याम्: with (his) two wings
• पक्षाभ्याम्: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), द्विवचन (Dual)

• सहितः: accompanied/with
• सहितः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सह (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + इ (धातु) → सहित (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (endowed/with)

• अद्यापि: even today/still
• अद्यापि: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य + अपि (अव्यय-समुच्चय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

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

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• व्यवस्थितः: remains stationed/settled
• व्यवस्थितः: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + अव + स्था (धातु) → व्यवस्थित (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि-भावे (remains stationed)

Speaker

Unnamed narrator (contextual voice within the Sūta-led narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Maināka

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śakra (Indra) is directly addressed

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Maināka, a colossal mountain with feathered wings, sinks into the ocean while Indra (Śakra) stands above in the sky, thunderbolt in hand; the sea closes over the peak, yet the wings remain visible as a sign of ancient nature.

Characters & Entities

• Maināka
• Śakra (Indra)
• Samudra (Ocean)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even mighty beings are moved by dharma and fear of cosmic order; Purāṇic geography preserves such events as sacred memory tied to tīrthas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse supports the wider tīrtha-narrative of the chapter (Nāga-bila/Hāṭakeśvara region), using Maināka’s legend as contextual sacred history.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed in this verse; it provides mythic background for the tīrtha’s greatness.