Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

एवं देवा वरं दत्त्वा चित्रसेनाय पार्थिव । कुण्डमूर्धनि याम्यायां त्रयो देवास्तदा स्थिताः

Transliteration

evaṃ devā varaṃ dattvā citrasenāya pārthiva | kuṇḍamūrdhani yāmyāyāṃ trayo devāstadā sthitāḥ

Translation

So, o König, gewährten die Götter Citrasena einen Segen; und dann nahmen die drei Gottheiten ihren Stand am Haupt des heiligen Teiches ein, an seiner Südseite.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (thus)

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन

• वरम्: a boon
• वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• दत्त्वा: having given
• दत्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया (having given)

• चित्रसेनाय: to Citrasena
• चित्रसेनाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्रसेन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative), एकवचन

• पार्थिव: O king
• पार्थिव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• कुण्डमूर्धनि: on the rim/top of the kuṇḍa (pit)
• कुण्डमूर्धनि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुण्डमूर्धन् (प्रातिपदिक: कुण्ड + मूर्धन्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (मूर्धन्-शब्दः पुं), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• याम्यायाम्: in the southern (direction)
• याम्यायाम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: याम्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; दिशिवाचक (southern direction)

• त्रयः: three
• त्रयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन; संख्याविशेषण (देवाः इत्यस्य)

• देवाः: gods
• देवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (then)

• स्थिताः: stood/remained
• स्थिताः: Kriya (Predicative state/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; (देवाः) इत्यस्य विधेय

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Purāṇic style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śūlabheda-kunda (kunda-mūrdhan, yāmya)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārthiva (king) addressed by the narrator in summary

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After granting the boon to Citrasena, three deities are shown taking their places at the southern head of a sacred pool; the pool’s ‘crown’ point is marked by a small shrine/stone platform.

Characters & Entities

• Citrasena
• Trimūrti
• Kuṇḍa (sacred pond)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine boons culminate in the sanctification of landscape—specific directions and features become worship-worthy.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śūlabheda-tīrtha, particularly its kuṇḍa (sacred pond) and its southern/head region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite is prescribed; the verse provides sacred-site orientation useful for pilgrimage and worship.