Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

मानसे कुमुदा नाम विश्वकाया तथाऽपरे । गोमन्ते गोमती नाम मन्दरे कामचारिणी

Transliteration

mānase kumudā nāma viśvakāyā tathā'pare | gomante gomatī nāma mandare kāmacāriṇī

Translation

Am Mānasasaras werde ich Kumudā genannt; anderswo (bin ich) Viśvakāyā. Auf dem Gomanta heiße ich Gomatī; auf dem Mandara verweile ich als Kāmacāriṇī.

Word by Word

• मानसे: in Mānas(a) (lake/region)
• मानसे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• कुमुदा: Kumudā (name)
• कुमुदा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुमुदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• नाम: by name / called
• नाम: Sambandha (Apposition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: अव्यय; नाम-प्रयोगे ‘called/known as’ इति (particle of naming)

• विश्वकाया: Viśvakāyā (having the body of the universe / named so)
• विश्वकाया: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्व + काय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (विश्वस्य कायः)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• अपरे: others
• अपरे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Plural); ‘others’

• गोमन्ते: in Gomanta (mountain/region)
• गोमन्ते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोमन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• गोमती: Gomatī (name)
• गोमती: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोमती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• नाम: by name
• नाम: Sambandha (Apposition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: अव्यय; नाम-प्रयोगे ‘called’

• मन्दरे: in Mandara (mountain)
• मन्दरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्दर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कामचारिणी: Kāmacāriṇī (moving at will)
• कामचारिणी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम + चारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (कामेन/कामतः चारिणी = at will moving)

Speaker

Devī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mānasasaras; Gomanta; Mandara

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A single radiant Devī stands at the center, while four landscape vignettes surround her: the high, wind-swept waters of Mānasasaras with white lotuses (Kumudā), a vast cosmic aura suggesting Viśvakāyā, a green coastal-hill setting for Gomanta (Gomatī), and a forested sacred hill for Mandara where she moves freely as Kāmacāriṇī.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Mānasa (Mānasasaras)
• Kumudā
• Viśvakāyā
• Gomanta
• Gomatī
• Mandara
• Kāmacāriṇī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Different landscapes mirror different aspects of Devī—pilgrimage teaches the seeker to perceive unity through many forms.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mānas(a) (Mānasasaras), Gomanta, and Mandara are highlighted as sacred seats associated with specific Devī names.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription; the verse supports tīrtha-yātrā and nāma-smaraṇa tied to these locations.