Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

मुनिभिः सर्वतीर्थानां क्षिप्तं कुम्भोदकं भुवि । एकस्थं लिङ्गनामाथ कलाकुम्भस्तथाभवत्

Transliteration

munibhiḥ sarvatīrthānāṃ kṣiptaṃ kumbhodakaṃ bhuvi | ekasthaṃ liṅganāmātha kalākumbhastathābhavat

Translation

Para resi menumpahkan ke bumi air dalam kendi—air yang dihimpun dari semua tīrtha. Di tempat yang satu itu pun muncul sebuah liṅga bernama “Kalākumbha”.

Word by Word

• munibhiḥ: by the sages
• munibhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• sarva-tīrthānām: of all sacred places
• sarva-tīrthānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः = 'सर्वाणि तीर्थानि' (all sacred places)

• kṣiptam: was poured
• kṣiptam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṣip (धातु) + ta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (भूतकर्मणि), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'thrown/poured'

• kumbha-udakam: pot-water
• kumbha-udakam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kumbha (प्रातिपदिक) + udaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (contextually कर्म), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (षष्ठी) = 'कुम्भस्य उदकम्' (water of the pot)

• bhuvi: on the ground
• bhuvi: Adhikarana (Place/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhū (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• eka-stham: situated in one place
• eka-stham: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक) + stha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः = 'एकस्मिन् स्थाने स्थितम्' (situated in one place); विशेषणम् (लिङ्गस्य)

• liṅga-nāma: the name (as) Liṅga
• liṅga-nāma: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: liṅga (प्रातिपदिक) + nāman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः = 'लिङ्गस्य नाम' (name of the liṅga)

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अनन्तरार्थक/then) = discourse particle

• kalā-kumbhaḥ: Kalā-kumbha (the pot of kalā)
• kalā-kumbhaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kalā (प्रातिपदिक) + kumbha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः = 'कलायाः कुम्भः' (pot of kalā/portion)

• tathā: thus
• tathā: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रकारवाचक) = adverb 'thus/so'

• abhavat: became
• abhavat: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (परस्मैपद), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; 'became/was' (imperfect)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kalākumbha (liṅga) / Kalākumbha-tīrtha

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sages pour kumbhas filled with water collected from many tīrthas onto the earth at one spot; from that sanctified ground a liṅga emerges, marked as ‘Kalākumbha’.

Characters & Entities

• Munis (sages)
• Sarvatīrtha (all tīrthas)
• Kalākumbha-liṅga
• Revā Khaṇḍa sacred region (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic sacred geography teaches ‘condensed holiness’: the merit of many tīrthas can be ritually gathered and anchored in one consecrated liṅga-site.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kalākumbha-liṅga site—formed where sages poured jar-waters collected from all tīrthas (within the Revā Khaṇḍa landscape).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Collecting tīrtha-waters in kumbhas and pouring/consecrating them at a chosen spot is described as the act leading to the Kalākumbha-liṅga’s manifestation.