Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

ततो भीमः कुण्डमध्यं जलं पातुं विवेश ह । प्रविशंतं च तं प्राह युधिष्ठिर इदं वचः

Transliteration

tato bhīmaḥ kuṇḍamadhyaṃ jalaṃ pātuṃ viveśa ha | praviśaṃtaṃ ca taṃ prāha yudhiṣṭhira idaṃ vacaḥ

Translation

Then Bhīma entered the middle of the pond to drink water. As he was stepping in, Yudhiṣṭhira spoke these words to him.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then/thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = indeclinable adverb; अर्थे: अनन्तरम् (thereafter)

• bhīmaḥ: Bhīma
• bhīmaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhīma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• kuṇḍa-madhyam: the middle of the pond
• kuṇḍa-madhyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक) + madhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (kuṇḍasya madhyam = middle of the pond)

• jalam: water
• jalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• pātum: to drink
• pātum: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pā (धा. √पा)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive); अर्थ: पानार्थम् (to drink)

• viveśa: entered
• viveśa: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-viś (धा. √विश्)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ha: indeed/it is said
• ha: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/particle); कथन-प्रत्ययः (emphatic/quotative particle)

• praviśantam: (him) entering
• praviśantam: Karma (Object of ‘prāha’/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-viś (धा. √विश्)
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्त (शतृ/Present active participle); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘प्रविशत्’ = entering

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/ conjunction)

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• prāha: said
• prāha: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-āh (धा. √अह्/√आह्)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; अर्थ: उवाच (said)

• yudhiṣṭhiraḥ: Yudhiṣṭhira
• yudhiṣṭhiraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yudhiṣṭhira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• idam: this
• idam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम; ‘वचः’ विशेषणम्

• vacaḥ: words/speech
• vacaḥ: Karma (Object of speech/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta narrating; embedded speaker: Yudhiṣṭhira addressing Bhīma

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A forested pilgrimage-pond: Bhīma steps into the kunda’s center to drink; Yudhiṣṭhira stands at the bank, arm raised in warning, the other Pāṇḍavas behind, tense stillness over the water.

Characters & Entities

• Bhīma
• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Kuṇḍa (sacred pond)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is maintained through restraint and proper conduct, especially at sacred waters.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A sacred kuṇḍa central to the episode, later identified in speech as Devī-kuṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An instruction is about to be given regarding how to take tīrtha water properly.