Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 91

Devanagari script

कदम्बगोलकाकारं त्रिगुणं परिमण्डलम् । तस्य मध्ये तु देवेशि पुरुषो दिव्यरूपधृक्

Transliteration

kadambagolakākāraṃ triguṇaṃ parimaṇḍalam | tasya madhye tu deveśi puruṣo divyarūpadhṛk

Translation

Il était rond comme une sphère de fleur de kadamba, triple et parfaitement circulaire. Et en son milieu, ô Déesse souveraine, se tenait une Personne revêtue d’une forme divine.

Word by Word

• kadamba-golaka-ākāram: having the form of a kadamba-fruit sphere
• kadamba-golaka-ākāram: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kadamba (प्रातिपदिक) + golaka (प्रातिपदिक) + ākāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः; उपमान/आकृति-निर्देश), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (parimaṇḍalam/maṇḍalam)

• triguṇam: threefold
• triguṇam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri (प्रातिपदिक) + guṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (द्विगु; संख्या-पूर्वक), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• parimaṇḍalam: perfectly circular
• parimaṇḍalam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pari- (उपसर्ग) + maṇḍala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (maṇḍalam implied)

• tasya: of it/that
• tasya: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• madhye: in the middle
• madhye: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: madhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (मध्य-शब्दस्य सप्तमी एकवचन रूपम्)

• tu: indeed, then
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषण-अव्यय (particle: but/indeed)

• deveśi: O goddess, O lady of the gods
• deveśi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deveśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• puruṣaḥ: a person, a being
• puruṣaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puruṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• divya-rūpa-dhṛk: bearing a divine form
• divya-rūpa-dhṛk: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: divya (प्रातिपदिक) + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक) + √dhṛ (धातु) + kvip (क्विप्)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुषः; कर्मधारय/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषभावः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक ‘धृक्’ (धारयति इति)

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A perfectly circular orb, like a kadamba-flower sphere, appears in triple concentric layers; within its center stands a radiant divine Person.

Characters & Entities

• Deveśī (addressed)
• Puruṣa (divine person)
• Maṇḍala

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The divine can reveal itself through symbolic forms—radiant circles and inner presences—teaching that sacred vision discloses deeper reality.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the Revā-kṣetra māhātmya setting; the glorification is through the miracle occurring in that sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse is descriptive of a theophany (divine appearance).