Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

पूजिता च ततो दैवी कोलंबा जगदीश्वरी । परितुष्टा तदा देवी प्रणतं मा ततोऽब्रवीत्

Transliteration

pūjitā ca tato daivī kolaṃbā jagadīśvarī | parituṣṭā tadā devī praṇataṃ mā tato'bravīt

Translation

Daraufhin wurde die göttliche Kolaṃbā, die erhabene Herrin der Welt, verehrt. Zufrieden sprach die Göttin zu mir, während ich mich ehrfürchtig verneigte.

Word by Word

• पूजिता: worshipped
• पूजिता: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक निपात (conjunction)

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

• दैवी: divine
• दैवी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दैवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• कोलंबा: Kolambā (goddess-name)
• कोलंबा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोलंबा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• जगदीश्वरी: Mistress of the world
• जगदीश्वरी: Visheshana (Appositional epithet/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (जगतः ईश्वरी)

• परितुष्टा: fully pleased
• परितुष्टा: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तुष् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्यय (past participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; उपसर्गः परि-

• तदा: at that time
• तदा: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb)

• देवी: the goddess
• देवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• प्रणतम्: the bowed (one), the supplicant
• प्रणतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-नम् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्यय (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; उपसर्गः प्र-; (अत्र) ‘प्रणतम्’ = नमस्कृतं/नतं (one who has bowed)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरकालवाचक (thereupon)

• अब्रवीत्: said
• अब्रवीत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist/अद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator within the Māheśvarakhaṇḍa (Sūta-style narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kolaṃbā-sthāna (at Rudrāṇī-kūpa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: the bowed devotee/narrator of the episode

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The devotee completes worship of Kolaṃbā Jagadīśvarī; the Goddess, pleased, leans forward and begins to speak as the devotee bows with folded hands.

Characters & Entities

• Kolaṃbā Devī
• Jagadīśvarī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere worship at a sanctified place draws the Goddess’s direct response and grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Rudrāṇī-kūpa locale within Sarvartuka-vana, where Kolaṃbā is worshipped.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā (formal worship) of the Goddess at the tīrtha.