Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

मानसे सरसि ख्यातः कूर्मोमंथरकाख्यया । तस्य नाविदितं किंचिदेहि तत्र व्रजामहे

Transliteration

mānase sarasi khyātaḥ kūrmomaṃtharakākhyayā | tasya nāviditaṃ kiṃcidehi tatra vrajāmahe

Translation

在摩那萨湖中，有一只闻名的龟，名为曼陀罗迦。对他而言无所不知；来吧，我们前往那里。

Word by Word

• mānase: in Mānas(a)
• mānase: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mānasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन — विशेषण; ‘in Mānas(a)’ (as a place-name qualifier)

• sarasi: in the lake
• sarasi: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saras (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन — ‘in the lake’

• khyātaḥ: is renowned
• khyātaḥ: Karta (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √khyā (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (भूतकर्मणि/भावे), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘renowned/known’

• kūrma-maṃtharaka-ākhyayā: by the name “Kūrma-Maṃtharaka”
• kūrma-maṃtharaka-ākhyayā: Karana (Instrument/means: ‘by name’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kūrma + maṃtharaka + ākhyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन — ‘कूर्ममन्थरक-आख्यया’ = ‘by the name “Kūrma-Maṃtharaka”’

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन — ‘of him’

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय — ‘not’

• aviditam: unknown
• aviditam: Karma (Object-complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-vidita (प्रातिपदिक; √vid + क्त, negated)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘unknown’ (predicate with ‘kiṃcit’)

• kiṃcit: anything
• kiṃcit: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim + cit (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — अनिश्चितवाचक ‘something/anything’

• ehi: come
• ehi: Kriya (Imperative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √i (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन — ‘come!’

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक) — ‘there’

• vrajāmahe: we shall go
• vrajāmahe: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vraj (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), उत्तमपुरुष, बहुवचन, आत्मनेपद — ‘we go/let us go’

Speaker

Kauśika (contextual, proposing the course of action)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mānasa-sarovara (Mānasa-sarasi)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A luminous Himalayan lake (Mānasa) with snow peaks in the distance; on the shore rests the famed tortoise Mantharaka, portrayed as venerable and wise; the group points toward the lake, preparing to go.

Characters & Entities

• Mānasa-saras
• Mantharaka (Kūrma)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When confused by fate, seek out true knowers and approach them through humble pilgrimage and inquiry.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mānasa-saras (Mānasa lake/Mānasa Sarovar) is highlighted as a renowned sacred waterscape associated with extraordinary wisdom.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An implied pilgrimage (going to the sacred lake) is recommended; no explicit rite like snāna or dāna is stated in this verse.