Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

ततो गते महादेवे ह्युरुणस्यानुजो नृप । आराधयामास तदा चामुण्डां मुण्डमण्डिताम्

Transliteration

tato gate mahādeve hyuruṇasyānujo nṛpa | ārādhayāmāsa tadā cāmuṇḍāṃ muṇḍamaṇḍitām

Translation

Après le départ de Mahādeva, ô roi, le cadet d’Aruṇa se mit alors à vénérer Cāmuṇḍā, celle qui est parée de crânes.

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (ablatival adverb: ‘then/from that time’)

• गते: when (he) had gone
• गते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; सप्तमी-absolute (locative absolute): ‘when (he) had gone’

• महादेवे: (in/when) Mahādeva (Śiva)
• महादेवे: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (महान् देवः)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic/causal particle)

• उरुणस्य: of Uruṇa
• उरुणस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उरुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• अनुजः: younger brother
• अनुजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• आराधयामास: worshipped
• आराधयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + राध् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/लिट्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (परिप्रयोगः: ‘he worshipped’)

• तदा: at that time
• तदा: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• चामुण्डाम्: Cāmuṇḍā
• चामुण्डाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चामुण्डा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• मुण्डमण्डिताम्: adorned with skulls
• मुण्डमण्डिताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक) + मण्डित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मुण्डैः मण्डिता = adorned with skulls); विशेषणम् (चामुण्डाम्)

Speaker

Narrator (within Revā Khaṇḍa frame)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After Śiva’s disappearance, Aruṇa’s younger brother begins worship of skull-adorned Cāmuṇḍā—fierce, protective, and transformative—suggesting a shift from boon-reception to disciplined upāsanā.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva (Śiva)
• Aruṇa
• Garuḍa (as Aruṇa’s younger brother)
• Cāmuṇḍā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

After receiving grace, continued sādhana is emphasized—devotees persist in worship, turning to the Devī for further siddhi and protection.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it belongs to the Revā Khaṇḍa’s sacred narrative zone associated with the Narmadā region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ārādhana (propitiatory worship) of Cāmuṇḍā is indicated, though no detailed method is specified in this line.