Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

अक्षमालां लांगलं च मुसलं वरदं तथा । पूर्णं च मोदकैः पात्रं पाणिना च विचिंतयेत्

Transliteration

akṣamālāṃ lāṃgalaṃ ca musalaṃ varadaṃ tathā | pūrṇaṃ ca modakaiḥ pātraṃ pāṇinā ca viciṃtayet

Translation

(اسے) اَکش مالا، ہل اور موسل، نیز ورد مُدرا (عطا کرنے والا ہاتھ) کے ساتھ دھیان کرے؛ اور ایک ہاتھ میں مودکوں سے بھرا ہوا پیالہ بھی تصور کرے۔

Word by Word

• अक्ष-मालाम्: rosary
• अक्ष-मालाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + माला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास ('rosary of beads')

• लाङ्गलम्: plough
• लाङ्गलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लाङ्गल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• मुसलम्: pestle/club
• मुसलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुसल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• वरदम्: boon-giving (gesture/hand)
• वरदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वरद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण/नामवत् ('boon-giving' gesture/hand)

• तथा: also
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/अव्यय-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: 'also/likewise')

• पूर्णम्: filled/full
• पूर्णम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्ण (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √पॄ 'to fill')
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past participle)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• मोदकैः: with modakas (sweets)
• मोदकैः: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोदक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• पात्रम्: bowl/vessel
• पात्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• पाणिना: with the hand
• पाणिना: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाणि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• विचिन्तयेत्: one should contemplate/visualize
• विचिन्तयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + चिन्त् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) addressing sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra / Kedārakṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Ten-armed Gaṇeśa holding a rosary, plough, pestle, showing varada-mudrā, and carrying a brimming bowl of modakas—an image of disciplined power culminating in benevolent grace and sweet fruition.

Characters & Entities

• Gaṇeśa
• Modaka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Gaṇeśa is approached as the giver of siddhi: japa (rosary), discipline (plough), strength (pestle), grace (varada), and auspicious sweetness (modaka).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedārakhaṇḍa provides the wider sacred setting; this verse is primarily a dhyāna detail, not a tīrtha-stuti.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dhyāna prescription: visualize Gaṇeśa’s hands holding these emblems, including a modaka-filled bowl.