Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

कमण्डलुं तथान्यस्मिन्दिव्यवारिप्रपूरितम् । पुस्तकं च तथा वामे सर्वविद्यासमुद्भवम्

Transliteration

kamaṇḍaluṃ tathānyasmindivyavāriprapūritam | pustakaṃ ca tathā vāme sarvavidyāsamudbhavam

Translation

Und in eine andere Hand legte er ein kamaṇḍalu, angefüllt mit göttlichem Wasser; und in die linke Hand der Göttin ein Buch — die Quelle, aus der alles Wissen entspringt.

Word by Word

• कमण्डलुम्: water-pot
• कमण्डलुम्: Karma (Object held/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कमण्डलु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• तथा: also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (also)

• अन्यस्मिन्: in another (one)
• अन्यस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; 'in another (hand)'

• दिव्यवारिप्रपूरितम्: filled with divine water
• दिव्यवारिप्रपूरितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य + वारि + प्रपूरित (पू॒र् धातु, क्त; प्र-उपसर्ग)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास: दिव्येन वारिणा प्रपूरितम्

• पुस्तकम्: book
• पुस्तकम्: Karma (Object held/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुस्तक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• तथा: also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (also)

• वामे: in the left (hand)
• वामे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वाम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; (हस्ते) इति अध्याहार्य

• सर्वविद्यासमुद्भवम्: source of all learning
• सर्वविद्यासमुद्भवम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + विद्या + समुद्भव (सम्+उद्+भू धातु, क्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: सर्वासां विद्यानां समुद्भवः (source of all knowledges)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic storyteller; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in a māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sarasvatī-tīrtha (implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The idol’s remaining hands are completed: a divine-water-filled kamaṇḍalu and a sacred book in the left, signifying the fountainhead of all learning.

Characters & Entities

• Bhāratī (Sarasvatī)
• Kamaṇḍalu
• Pustaka (book/scripture)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Knowledge and purity together—scripture and sanctifying water—form the foundation of dharmic life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Sarasvatī-associated riverbank tīrtha setting within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Emphasizes sacred implements for worship—water-pot for consecration and book for vidyā-upāsanā.