Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 110
Devanagari script
कुम्भकोत्थं च संप्राप्तं महच्चण्डालसंभवम्
Transliteration
kumbhakotthaṃ ca saṃprāptaṃ mahaccaṇḍālasaṃbhavam
Translation
Et alors s’éleva Kumbhaka, né d’une grande lignée de Caṇḍāla.
Word by Word
कुम्भक-उत्थम्arisen from Kumbhaka (Kumbhaka-born)
कुम्भक-उत्थम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootकुम्भक (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्थ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √स्था/उत्था)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/सम्बन्ध: कुम्भकस्य उत्थम् = ‘कुम्भक-सम्बन्धि/कुम्भकात् उत्पन्नम्’)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
सम्प्राप्तम्obtained, reached
सम्प्राप्तम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootसम्-√आप् (धातु) → सम्प्राप्त (कृदन्त, क्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘प्राप्तम्’ = obtained/attained
महत्great
महत्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमहत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (महद् → महत्)
चण्डाल-सम्भवम्born of a caṇḍāla
चण्डाल-सम्भवम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootचण्डाल (प्रातिपदिक) + सम्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी: चण्डालस्य सम्भवः = ‘born of a caṇḍāla’)
Speaker
Viśvāmitra (inferred)
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Audience of sages (implied)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A narrator frames the sudden ‘arising’ of Kumbhaka—an ominous yet fateful emergence of a Caṇḍāla figure, hinting at a karmic backstory.
Characters & Entities
K
Kumbhaka (Kuṃbhaka)C
CaṇḍālaFAQs
The text sets up a causative backstory: ritual judgments in the narrative are linked to origins and past actions.
Not specified in this half-verse; it functions as narrative background within the Tīrthamāhātmya section.
None directly; it introduces a figure whose story explains later ritual conclusions.