Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

यस्माच्चंडं च मुंडं च त्वं देवि निहनिष्यसि । चामुंडेति ततो लोके ख्याता देवि भविष्यसि

Transliteration

yasmāccaṃḍaṃ ca muṃḍaṃ ca tvaṃ devi nihaniṣyasi | cāmuṃḍeti tato loke khyātā devi bhaviṣyasi

Translation

Puisque toi, ô Déesse, tu mettras à mort Caṇḍa et Muṇḍa, ainsi, dans le monde, tu deviendras célèbre, ô Déesse, sous le nom de « Cāmuṇḍā ».

Word by Word

• yasmāt: because (from the fact) that
• yasmāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (सर्वनाम), पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे ‘यस्मात्’

• caṇḍam: Caṇḍa
• caṇḍam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• muṇḍam: Muṇḍa
• muṇḍam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tva (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (सर्वनाम), प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• devi: O Goddess
• devi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• nihaniṣyasi: you will slay
• nihaniṣyasi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-√han (धातु; हिंसागत्योः)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future/भविष्यत्), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• cāmuṇḍā: Cāmuṇḍā
• cāmuṇḍā: Pratijna/Naam (Appellation/संज्ञा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cāmuṇḍā (प्रातिपदिक; नाम)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/नाम), एकवचन; संज्ञा

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/इति-प्रयोग (quotative particle)

• tataḥ: therefore
• tataḥ: Hetu/Anantara (Cause/Sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: तस्मात्/ततः इति हेत्वर्थ/अनन्तरार्थ-अव्यय (therefore/then)

• loke: in the world
• loke: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• khyātā: renowned/known
• khyātā: Karta (Predicate to subject/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √khyā (धातु; प्रकाशने) → khyāta (कृदन्त; क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषणम्

• devi: O Goddess
• devi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• bhaviṣyasi: you will become
• bhaviṣyasi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु; सत्तायाम्)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future/भविष्यत्), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa framing)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cāmuṇḍā (name-mahātmya; multi-site)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The verse declares the etymological fame: because Devī will slay Caṇḍa and Muṇḍa, she will be renowned as Cāmuṇḍā.

Characters & Entities

• Cāmuṇḍā
• Devī
• Caṇḍa
• Muṇḍa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine names encode divine deeds—Devī’s epithet becomes a living remembrance of her victory over adharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified; the emphasis is on the nāma-māhātmya (greatness of Devī’s name).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, remembrance and worship through her name (Cāmuṇḍā) is supported, though no formal rite is stated.