Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

अस्माभिः सह कार्यार्थे भव त्वं मंदराचल । अमृतोत्पादनार्थे त्वं मंथानं भव सुव्रत

Transliteration

asmābhiḥ saha kāryārthe bhava tvaṃ maṃdarācala | amṛtotpādanārthe tvaṃ maṃthānaṃ bhava suvrata

Translation

“ہمارے ساتھ اس کام کی تکمیل کے لیے رہو، اے مَندَراچل! اَمرت کے ظہور کے لیے تم مَتھن کی ڈنڈی بنو، اے نیک عہد والے!”

Word by Word

• अस्माभिः: by/with us
• अस्माभिः: Sahakārī/Karaṇa (With us; associative instrumental)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahārtha (Comitative marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक उपपद (with)

• कार्यार्थे: for the purpose of the work
• कार्यार्थे: Adhikaraṇa (Purpose-context; for the task)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (कार्यस्य अर्थे)

• भव: become / be
• भव: Kriyā (Imperative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/imperative); मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Addressee/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• मन्दराचल: O Mandara mountain
• मन्दराचल: Sambodhana (Vocative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्दर (प्रातिपदिक) + अचल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास; संबोधन

• अमृतोत्पादनार्थे: for the purpose of producing nectar
• अमृतोत्पादनार्थे: Adhikaraṇa (Purpose-context)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृत (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्पादन (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (अमृतस्य उत्पादनस्य अर्थे)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Addressee/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• मन्थानम्: the churning rod
• मन्थानम्: Karma (Object-complement; become the churning-rod)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्मसंज्ञा

• भव: become
• भव: Kriyā (Imperative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ); मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सुव्रत: O one of good vows / noble one
• सुव्रत: Sambodhana (Vocative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/उपपद) + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (सु-व्रतः)

Speaker

Bali and/or Indra (joint request on behalf of Devas and Asuras; immediate context suggests their address)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mandarācala (mythic)

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra (or the spokesmen) beseech Mandara to join them; the mountain is envisioned as the future churning staff; hints of the ocean and serpent-rope (Vāsuki) may appear as foreshadowing.

Characters & Entities

• Mandarācala
• Amṛta
• Samudra Manthana (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Great outcomes arise from cooperation and sacrifice for a higher purpose (loka-hita).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within Kedāra Khaṇḍa’s sacred geography, Mandarācala is revered as a cosmic mountain central to the churning myth.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it requests participation in a cosmic act (manthana) rather than prescribing a human rite.