Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

पार्वत्युवाच । यस्मात्क्षोणीतलं भित्त्वा विशिष्टोऽयं महातरुः

Transliteration

pārvatyuvāca | yasmātkṣoṇītalaṃ bhittvā viśiṣṭo'yaṃ mahātaruḥ

Translation

Pārvatī sprach: „Weil dieser große Baum hervorbrach und die Erdoberfläche spaltete, ist er wahrhaft außergewöhnlich.“

Word by Word

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

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• यस्मात्: from which/because of which
• यस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-प्रयोग (relative)

• क्षोणीतलम्: the earth’s surface/ground
• क्षोणीतलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षोणीतल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (क्षोणेः तलम् = surface of the earth)

• भित्त्वा: having split
• भित्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भिद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘having split/cleft’

• विशिष्टः: distinguished, special
• विशिष्टः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विशिष्ट (वि+शिष्; कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्यय (past passive participle)

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• महातरुः: the great tree
• महातरुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महातरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महान् तरुः)

Speaker

Pārvatī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bilva (being defined)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pārvatī begins her pronouncement: the great tree is extraordinary because it burst forth by splitting the earth’s surface.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī
• earth (kṣoṇī)
• mahātaru (great tree)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The miraculous arising of sacred markers in a place signals exceptional sanctity and invites reverence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The bilva-tree site within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s tīrtha framework, indicated as special by its wondrous emergence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is stated in this half-verse; it introduces the naming and worship instructions that follow.