Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

कामरूपभवं कुंडं वृक्षास्ते चापि भारत । संलीनास्तन्महाश्चर्यं ममाजायत चेतसि

Transliteration

kāmarūpabhavaṃ kuṃḍaṃ vṛkṣāste cāpi bhārata | saṃlīnāstanmahāścaryaṃ mamājāyata cetasi

Translation

ໂອ ພາຣະຕະ, ກຸນດະທີ່ເກີດຈາກ ກາມຣູປະ ແລະແມ່ນແຕ່ຕົ້ນໄມ້ເຫຼົ່ານັ້ນ ກໍຄືກັນກັບວ່າໄດ້ຫຼວມລົງເປັນອັນດຽວ. ຈາກນັ້ນ ຄວາມອັດສະຈັນອັນໃຫຍ່ໄດ້ເກີດຂຶ້ນໃນໃຈຂ້ອຍ.

Word by Word

• kāmarūpa-bhavam: originating in Kāmarūpa
• kāmarūpa-bhavam: Karma (Object-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kāmarūpa (प्रातिपदिक) + bhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — विशेषणम् (qualifying kuṇḍam): 'arising in/ from Kāmarūpa'

• kuṇḍam: the kuṇḍa (pit)
• kuṇḍam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• vṛkṣāḥ: trees
• vṛkṣāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛkṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन

• te: those
• te: Karta (Subject-determiner)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — सर्वनाम-विशेषणम् (those) qualifying vṛkṣāḥ

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

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सम्भावना/समुच्चय) — 'also/even'

• bhārata: O Bhārata
• bhārata: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhārata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन

• saṃlīnāḥ: were merged/absorbed
• saṃlīnāḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√lī (धातु) + kta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: सम्-ली-धातोः क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (भूतकर्मणि/स्थितिवाचक), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — 'merged/absorbed' (agreeing with vṛkṣāḥ)

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

• mahā-āścaryam: a great wonder
• mahā-āścaryam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + āścarya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन — 'great wonder' (as subject of ājāyata)

• mama: for me; of me
• mama: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• ajāyata: arose
• ajāyata: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jan (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद — 'arose/was born'

• cetasi: in (my) mind
• cetasi: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cetas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator addressing “Bhārata” (listener), within the ongoing tīrtha-māhātmya narration

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāmarūpa-bhava Kuṇḍa (as named in the verse)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The kuṇḍa is described as ‘born of Kāmarūpa’; the forest trees appear to dissolve/merge into the sacred locus, while the narrator stands in contemplative astonishment.

Characters & Entities

• Kāmarūpa
• Kuṇḍa
• Bhārata

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha’s sanctity can be revealed through wondrous signs in nature, awakening श्रद्धा (faith) and reverent awe.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kāmarūpa-origin kuṇḍa (connected with the subsequent Bhaṭṭāditya-kuṇḍa tradition).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription here; it describes a miraculous sign associated with the tīrtha.