Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 103

Devanagari script

एवमुक्तो हसन्कृष्ण उच्चिक्षेप महत्सरः । स्वेनांगुष्ठेन तेजस्वी तदर्धार्धमजायत

Transliteration

evamukto hasankṛṣṇa uccikṣepa mahatsaraḥ | svenāṃguṣṭhena tejasvī tadardhārdhamajāyata

Translation

Nghe vậy, Kṛṣṇa mỉm cười; với uy quang rực rỡ, Người dùng chính ngón tay cái nhấc bổng hồ lớn ấy lên, khiến nó thu lại chỉ còn một phần nhỏ so với trước.

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: 'thus')

• uktaḥ: having been spoken to
• uktaḥ: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि (PPP: 'having been told/addressed')

• hasan: laughing
• hasan: Kriya-samānādhikaraṇa (Concomitant action/समानकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √has (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमान कृदन्त (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि (while laughing)

• kṛṣṇaḥ: Krishna
• kṛṣṇaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन (masc nom sg)

• uccikṣepa: lifted up
• uccikṣepa: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ud-√kṣip (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद (he lifted/raised)

• mahat: great
• mahat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (neuter nom/acc sg)

• saraḥ: the lake
• saraḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saras (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (context: कर्म), एकवचन (neuter acc sg)

• svena: with his own
• svena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sva (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन; स्वकीयवाचक (instrumental: 'with his own')

• aṃguṣṭhena: with (his) thumb
• aṃguṣṭhena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṃguṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन (masc instr sg)

• tejasvī: radiant, powerful
• tejasvī: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tejasvin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (masc nom sg)

• tad-ardha-ardham: a quarter of it (half of the half)
• tad-ardha-ardham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad + ardha + ardha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (tadardhārdham = 'half of that half', i.e., quarter)

• ajāyata: became, was produced
• ajāyata: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jan (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद (was produced/came to be)

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa tradition, Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kṛṣṇa smiling, radiant, presses/lifts the enormous lake with his thumb; the vast expanse visibly shrinks to a small fraction, water curling inward like a compressed cosmos.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Divine effortlessly transcends natural limits; surrender replaces pride when grace is witnessed.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A specific tīrtha-name is not given; the focus is the miraculous transformation of a great lake.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.