Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

तावद्धिमेन तत्सर्वं गिरेः शृंगं प्रपूरितम् । तच्च कुण्डं स देवश्च प्रासादेन समन्वितः

Transliteration

tāvaddhimena tatsarvaṃ gireḥ śṛṃgaṃ prapūritam | tacca kuṇḍaṃ sa devaśca prāsādena samanvitaḥ

Translation

Bis dahin war der ganze Berggipfel mit Schnee erfüllt. Und es erschienen jener heilige Teich (kuṇḍa) sowie auch die Gottheit, versehen mit einem prächtigen Heiligtum (prāsāda).

Word by Word

• tāvat: by that time
• tāvat: Sambandha (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अवधि/परिमाणबोधक) — 'by that time/so much'

• dhimena: with frost/snow
• dhimena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhima (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन — 'with frost/snow' (धिमन्/धिम-शब्दः)

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — 'that' (here qualifying 'sarvam')

• sarvam: everything, the whole (area)
• sarvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — 'everything/whole (thing)'

• gireḥ: of the mountain
• gireḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: giri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन — 'of the mountain'

• śṛṅgam: peak, summit
• śṛṅgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śṛṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — 'peak/summit'

• prapūritam: filled up
• prapūritam: Kriya (Predicate participle)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra-√pṝ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (भूतकर्मणि), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — 'was filled' (agreeing with śṛṅgam/tatsarvam)

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — 'that' (qualifying kuṇḍam)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक-निपात)

• kuṇḍam: pond, pool
• kuṇḍam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — 'pond/pool'

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — 'he/that one'

• devaḥ: the god
• devaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — 'the god'

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक-निपात)

• prāsādena: with a temple/edifice
• prāsādena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāsāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन — 'with a temple/mansion'

• samanvitaḥ: endowed, accompanied
• samanvitaḥ: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-anv-√i (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (भूतकर्मणि), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — 'endowed/associated (with)'

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kuṇḍa (contextual; ‘tat kuṇḍam’)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Himalayan summit blanketed in snow; a luminous kuṇḍa emerges, and beside it a splendid prāsāda appears with the Deity present, as if revealed from the landscape itself.

Characters & Entities

• Himālaya
• Kuṇḍa
• Prāsāda
• Deva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha is not merely a landscape feature—divine presence can manifest along with a sanctified structure, revealing the holiness of place.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Himalayan summit tīrtha where a kuṇḍa and a prāsāda manifest; the exact name is supplied by the broader adhyāya context of Nāgarakhaṇḍa 122.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription here; it describes the tīrtha’s physical and divine manifestation (snow-filled peak, kuṇḍa, and shrine).