Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

कल्पांतमिव संजातं तदा तस्मिंश्च कीलिते । पार्वत्या सहसा तस्य कृत कीलनकं तदा

Transliteration

kalpāṃtamiva saṃjātaṃ tadā tasmiṃśca kīlite | pārvatyā sahasā tasya kṛta kīlanakaṃ tadā

Translation

Als er so reglos gemacht war, schien es, als sei das Ende eines Kalpa gekommen. Da vollzog Pārvatī plötzlich an ihm jene Tat des „Festnagelns“.

Word by Word

• कल्पान्तम्: the end of an aeon
• कल्पान्तम्: Upamana (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्प + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—कल्पस्य अन्तः

• इव: as if/like
• इव: Sambandha (Comparison marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमा-वाचक (comparative particle)

• संजातम्: arisen/occurred
• संजातम्: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + जन् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; भावे/वर्णने (it had arisen/occurred)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (adverb of time)

• तस्मिन्: in that (state/place)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक

• कीलिते: when (he was) pinned
• कीलिते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कीलित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √कील्/कीलय्)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सति-सप्तमी (when he was pinned)

• पार्वत्या: by Pārvatī
• पार्वत्या: Karana (Agent-in-instrumental/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• सहसा: suddenly
• सहसा: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सहसा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; रीतिवाचक/आकस्मिकता (adverb: suddenly/forcibly)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• कृतम्: done/made
• कृतम्: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; (कीलनकम् इति) विशेषणम्

• कीलनकम्: the act/device of pinning (a pin/peg)
• कीलनकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कीलनक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक

Speaker

Vyāsa (narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Unnamed Śiva-tīrtha (kalpānta-like ‘kīlana’ locus)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: O great one (addressed interlocutor not specified in verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sudden cosmic tremor: skies darken as if at pralaya, winds swirl; Pārvatī performs the ‘kīlana’ act upon Śiva; the ground glows, marking the birth of a powerful tīrtha.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī
• Śiva (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The text magnifies the event’s cosmic significance, implying that tīrtha origins are rooted in world-shaping divine acts.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Śiva-tīrtha associated with Dharmāraṇya, whose greatness is being unfolded through this episode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this is narrative groundwork for the māhātmya.