Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

यत्रच्छत्रीकृतो दैत्यः शूलमारोप्य भूतले । तच्छूलोत्पाटनाज्जातं तत्र कुंडं महत्तरम्

Transliteration

yatracchatrīkṛto daityaḥ śūlamāropya bhūtale | tacchūlotpāṭanājjātaṃ tatra kuṃḍaṃ mahattaram

Translation

ಭೂಮಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ತ್ರಿಶೂಲದ ಮೇಲೆ ಛತ್ರದಂತೆ ಮಾಡಿ ದೈತ್ಯನನ್ನು ಚುಚ್ಚಿ ನಿಲ್ಲಿಸಿದ ಸ್ಥಳದಲ್ಲಿ, ಆ ತ್ರಿಶೂಲವನ್ನು ಎಳೆದೊಯ್ಯುತ್ತಿದ್ದಂತೆ ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಅತಿಮಹತ್ ಪುಣ್ಯಕುಂಡವು ಉದ್ಭವಿಸಿತು।

Word by Word

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: 'where')

• chatrīkṛtaḥ: made into an umbrella (i.e., spread like an umbrella)
• chatrīkṛtaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: chatrī-kṛ (धातु: कृ)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• daityaḥ: the demon
• daityaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• śūlam: a spear/trident
• śūlam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śūla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• āropya: having mounted/placed (upon)
• āropya: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ā-ruh (धातु: रुह्)
• Form: कृदन्त; ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• bhūtale: on the ground
• bhūtale: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhū-tala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (भूः + तल); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• tat: that
• tat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (सम्बन्धसूचक)

• śūla: spear/trident
• śūla: Sambandha (Genitive-relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śūla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (समासपूर्वपद-रूप)

• utpāṭanāt: from the uprooting/removal
• utpāṭanāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ut-pāṭana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; अपादानार्थ (ablative: 'from/by')

• jātam: arose/was produced
• jātam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु: जन्)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भावे/कर्मणि प्रयोग (='arose/was born')

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: 'there')

• kuṃḍam: a pond/pit
• kuṃḍam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuṃḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• mahattaram: very great/greater
• mahattaram: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तरप्-प्रत्यय (comparative)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: (Unnamed here) Kuṇḍa at Kṛttivāseśvara associated with Śūlotpāṭana

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva’s trident stands planted in the earth with a daitya pinned like a canopy; as the trident is uprooted, a wide, luminous kuṇḍa wells up, ringed by astonished sages and gaṇas.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (Śūla)
• Daitya (demon)
• Kuṇḍa (sacred pond)
• Kāśī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī’s landscape is sanctified by Śiva’s acts; mythic events become enduring tīrthas for later pilgrims.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A great kuṇḍa (sacred pond) arising at the spot connected with Śiva’s trident and the demon’s downfall, in the Kṛttivāseśvara area of Kāśī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not here directly; the verse explains tīrtha-creation (the origin of the kuṇḍa).