Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 4
Devanagari script
बलिपुत्रोऽभवद्बाणस्तस्मादपि च शम्बरः । शम्बरस्यान्वये जातः कम्बुर्नाम महासुरः
Transliteration
baliputro'bhavadbāṇastasmādapi ca śambaraḥ | śambarasyānvaye jātaḥ kamburnāma mahāsuraḥ
Translation
ബലിയുടെ പുത്രൻ ബാണൻ; അവനിൽ നിന്ന് ശംബരൻ ജനിച്ചു. ശംബരന്റെ വംശത്തിൽ കംബു എന്ന മഹാസുരൻ പിറന്നു.
Word by Word
बलिपुत्रःBali’s son
बलिपुत्रः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootबलि-पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक; बलि + पुत्र)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
अभवत्was/became
अभवत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formलङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद
बाणःBāṇa
बाणः:
Karta (Predicate noun)
TypeNoun
Rootबाण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तृ-समानााधिकरण (predicate nominative)
तस्मात्from him
तस्मात्:
Apadana (Source/अपा दान)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन
अपिalso
अपि:
Sambandha (Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अप्यर्थ (also)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय
शम्बरःŚambara
शम्बरः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootशम्बर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
शम्बरस्यof Śambara
शम्बरस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootशम्बर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन
अन्वयेin the lineage
अन्वये:
Adhikarana (Location/Lineage context)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्वय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन
जातःborn
जातः:
Karta (Subject complement)
TypeAdjective
Rootजन् (धातु) से निष्पन्न ‘जात’ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formभूतकृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘उत्पन्न’ अर्थे
कम्बुःKambu
कम्बुः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकम्बु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
नामby name
नाम:
Sambandha (Appositional marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनाम (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; नामनिर्देशक
महासुरःa great Asura
महासुरः:
Karta (Appositional subject)
TypeNoun
Rootमहा-असुर (प्रातिपदिक; महा + असुर)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अप्पोज़िशन (to ‘कम्बुः’)
Speaker
Mārkaṇḍeya
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Kambukeśvara
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A lineage scroll visual: Bali, then Bāṇa, then Śambara, culminating in the birth of the formidable asura Kambu—his name highlighted as the key to the shrine’s identity.
Characters & Entities
B
BaliB
BāṇaŚ
ŚambaraK
KambuFAQs
Sacred place-myths often begin with lineage accounts that explain how a named figure becomes linked to a shrine’s origin and transformation.
Kambukeśvara (the tīrtha/deity whose Māhātmya is being prepared through Kambu’s story).
None.