Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 157

Devanagari script

तेषां वै वासुकिर्दोग्धा काद्रवेयो महायशाः । नागानां वै महादेवि सर्पाणां चैव सर्वशः

Transliteration

teṣāṃ vai vāsukirdogdhā kādraveyo mahāyaśāḥ | nāgānāṃ vai mahādevi sarpāṇāṃ caiva sarvaśaḥ

Translation

ان کے لیے کَدرُو کا بیٹا، بلند نام وَاسُکی دودھ دوہنے والا تھا، اے مہادیوی؛ ناگوں کے لیے اور حقیقتاً تمام سانپوں کے لیے۔

Word by Word

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural), सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• वै: indeed
• वै: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphatic)

• वासुकिः: Vāsuki
• वासुकिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुकि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• दोग्धा: milker (one who milks)
• दोग्धा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुह् (धातु) → दोग्धृ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्तृवाचक-नाम (agent noun), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• काद्रवेयः: son of Kadrū (Kādraveya)
• काद्रवेयः: Apposition (समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काद्रवेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• महायशाः: greatly renowned
• महायशाः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महायशस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (महान् + यशस्), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• नागानाम्: of the Nāgas
• नागानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• वै: indeed
• वै: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle/emphatic)

• महादेवि: O great goddess
• महादेवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (महा + देवी), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• सर्पाणाम्: of the serpents
• सर्पाणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• च: and
• च: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण (emphatic/only)

• सर्वशः: in every way; entirely
• सर्वशः: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वशस् (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), प्रकार/समस्त-भाव (in every way)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced); addressed to Mahādevī within the narration

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vāsuki, radiant and formidable, stands as the designated milker for the Nāgas; behind him a multitude of serpents and Nāga-kings watch as the poison-milk is drawn, the Earth-cow steady and immense.

Characters & Entities

• Vāsuki
• Kadrū
• Nāga
• Sarpa
• Mahādevī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic cosmology presents each class of beings with its own ‘means’ and leaders; order and hierarchy in creation are emphasized even among non-human beings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader glorification is of Prabhāsakṣetra; this verse supplies mythic texture within that māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual instruction appears in this verse.