Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 17
Devanagari script
शाकद्वीपं द्विगुणतो जंबूद्वीपात्ततः परम् । तावता क्षीरतोयेन समुद्रेण परीवृतम्
Transliteration
śākadvīpaṃ dviguṇato jaṃbūdvīpāttataḥ param | tāvatā kṣīratoyena samudreṇa parīvṛtam
Translation
جمبودویپ کے پرے شاک دویپ ہے جو اس سے دوگنا ہے، اور اتنی ہی حد تک دودھ کے سمندر سے چاروں طرف گھرا ہوا ہے۔
Word by Word
śāka-dvīpamŚākadvīpa
śāka-dvīpam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootśāka (प्रातिपदिक) + dvīpa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः/कर्मधारय-प्रायः (śākanāma dvīpaḥ)
dviguṇataḥtwofold, doubly
dviguṇataḥ:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootdvi (प्रातिपदिक) + guṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + -tas (तसिल्)
Formअव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of measure: ‘twofoldly’)
jaṃbū-dvīpātfrom Jambūdvīpa
jaṃbū-dvīpāt:
Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootjaṃbū (प्रातिपदिक) + dvīpa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः
tataḥthen/thereafter
tataḥ:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottataḥ (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अव्यय-प्रकारः—सम्बन्ध/क्रमवाचक (then/thereafter)
paramnext/further
param:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (further/next)
tāvatāby that much extent
tāvatā:
Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
TypeAdjective
Roottāvat (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; परिमाणवाचक
kṣīra-toyenawith milky water
kṣīra-toyena:
Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootkṣīra (प्रातिपदिक) + toya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (kṣīraṃ toyaṃ yasya / kṣīra-rūpaṃ toyam)
samudreṇaby the ocean
samudreṇa:
Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootsamudra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
parīvṛtamsurrounded/encircled
parīvṛtam:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootpari + ā-√vṛ (धातु) → paryāvṛta/parīvṛta (कृदन्त, क्त)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle)
Speaker
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Śākadvīpa / Kṣīra-samudra
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A second, larger concentric continent beyond Jambūdvīpa, ringed by a luminous white ‘milk ocean’ band; the doubling is shown by wider rings and expanding radius.
Characters & Entities
Ś
ŚākadvīpaJ
JambūdvīpaK
Kṣīra-samudra (ocean of milk)FAQs
The Purāṇic cosmos expands in graded abundance; the milk ocean imagery conveys nourishment and divine plenitude surrounding creation.
No; the verse continues a universal cosmographic listing rather than a localized tīrtha-māhātmya.
None.