Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

तावद्धिमेन तत्सर्वं गिरेः शृंगं प्रपूरितम् । तच्च कुण्डं स देवश्च प्रासादेन समन्वितः

Transliteration

tāvaddhimena tatsarvaṃ gireḥ śṛṃgaṃ prapūritam | tacca kuṇḍaṃ sa devaśca prāsādena samanvitaḥ

Translation

Alors, tout le sommet de la montagne se trouva rempli de neige. Et apparurent ce bassin sacré (kuṇḍa) ainsi que la Divinité elle-même, pourvue d’un splendide sanctuaire (prāsāda).

Word by Word

• tāvat: by that time
• tāvat: Sambandha (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अवधि/परिमाणबोधक) — 'by that time/so much'

• dhimena: with frost/snow
• dhimena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhima (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन — 'with frost/snow' (धिमन्/धिम-शब्दः)

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — 'that' (here qualifying 'sarvam')

• sarvam: everything, the whole (area)
• sarvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — 'everything/whole (thing)'

• gireḥ: of the mountain
• gireḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: giri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन — 'of the mountain'

• śṛṅgam: peak, summit
• śṛṅgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śṛṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — 'peak/summit'

• prapūritam: filled up
• prapūritam: Kriya (Predicate participle)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pra-√pṝ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (भूतकर्मणि), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — 'was filled' (agreeing with śṛṅgam/tatsarvam)

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — 'that' (qualifying kuṇḍam)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक-निपात)

• kuṇḍam: pond, pool
• kuṇḍam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — 'pond/pool'

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — 'he/that one'

• devaḥ: the god
• devaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — 'the god'

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक-निपात)

• prāsādena: with a temple/edifice
• prāsādena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāsāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन — 'with a temple/mansion'

• samanvitaḥ: endowed, accompanied
• samanvitaḥ: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-anv-√i (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (भूतकर्मणि), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — 'endowed/associated (with)'

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kuṇḍa (contextual; ‘tat kuṇḍam’)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Himalayan summit blanketed in snow; a luminous kuṇḍa emerges, and beside it a splendid prāsāda appears with the Deity present, as if revealed from the landscape itself.

Characters & Entities

• Himālaya
• Kuṇḍa
• Prāsāda
• Deva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha is not merely a landscape feature—divine presence can manifest along with a sanctified structure, revealing the holiness of place.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Himalayan summit tīrtha where a kuṇḍa and a prāsāda manifest; the exact name is supplied by the broader adhyāya context of Nāgarakhaṇḍa 122.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription here; it describes the tīrtha’s physical and divine manifestation (snow-filled peak, kuṇḍa, and shrine).