Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

जम्बूद्वीपं कुशां क्रौञ्चं शाल्मलिं शाकमेव च । गोमेदं पुष्करं प्राप्तः पूर्वतो दक्षिणापथम्

Transliteration

jambūdvīpaṃ kuśāṃ krauñcaṃ śālmaliṃ śākameva ca | gomedaṃ puṣkaraṃ prāptaḥ pūrvato dakṣiṇāpatham

Translation

Il atteignit Jambūdvīpa, Kuśa, Krauñca, Śālmali et Śāka ; ainsi que Gomeda et Puṣkara, allant de l’est vers la voie du sud.

Word by Word

• जम्बूद्वीपम्: Jambūdvīpa
• जम्बूद्वीपम्: Karma (Goal/accusative of motion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जम्बूद्वीप (प्रातिपदिक: जम्बू + द्वीप)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म/गत्यर्थ-लक्ष्य), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (जम्बोः द्वीपः)

• कुशान्: Kuśa (island/region)
• कुशान्: Karma (Goal/object in list)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• क्रौञ्चम्: Krauñca (island/region)
• क्रौञ्चम्: Karma (Goal/object in list)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रौञ्च (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• शाल्मलिम्: Śālmalī (island/region)
• शाल्मलिम्: Karma (Goal/object in list)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाल्मलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• शाकम्: Śāka (island/region)
• शाकम्: Karma (Goal/object in list)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• एव: indeed/also
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordinator)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• गोमेदम्: Gomeda (island/region)
• गोमेदम्: Karma (Goal/object in list)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोमेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• पुष्करम्: Puṣkara (island/region)
• पुष्करम्: Karma (Goal/object in list)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• प्राप्तः: having reached
• प्राप्तः: Kriyā (Predicative participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु) → प्राप्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृत (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि प्रयोगे ‘having reached’

• पूर्वतः: from the east / eastward
• पूर्वतः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Directional adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्वतः (अव्यय)
• Form: दिक्/देशवाचक अव्यय (from the east/eastward)

• दक्षिणापथम्: the southern route/region (Dakṣiṇāpatha)
• दक्षिणापथम्: Karma (Goal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्षिणापथ (प्रातिपदिक: दक्षिण + पथ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (दक्षिणः पथः / दक्षिणस्य पथः)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sapta-dvīpa (cosmic tīrtha-field)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A mythic travel montage: the bull traverses the seven dvīpas in sequence, moving from east toward the southern course—suggested by shifting landscapes and symbolic flora/fauna.

Characters & Entities

• Jambūdvīpa
• Kuśadvīpa
• Krauñcadvīpa
• Śālmalidvīpa
• Śākadvīpa
• Gomedadvīpa
• Puṣkaradvīpa
• Dakṣiṇāpatha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇas frame the cosmos as sacred geography—movement through it symbolizes the search for refuge and dharmic safety.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse lists cosmic continents (dvīpas), not a single river-ford tīrtha; it provides cosmographic context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None is stated in this verse.