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Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

कृत्वा तत्कदनं घोरं नन्दा देवी सुरेश्वरी । यस्मात्स्नाता विशालाक्षी तेन नन्दाह्रदः स्मृतः

Transliteration

kṛtvā tatkadanaṃ ghoraṃ nandā devī sureśvarī | yasmātsnātā viśālākṣī tena nandāhradaḥ smṛtaḥ

Translation

ആ ഭയങ്കര സംഹാരം നടത്തി ദേവേശ്വരിയായ നന്ദാദേവി അവിടെ സ്നാനം ചെയ്തു. വിശാലാക്ഷി ദേവി സ്നാനിച്ചതു കൊണ്ടു ആ സ്ഥലം ‘നന്ദാഹ്രദം’ എന്നു സ്മരിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു.

Word by Word
कृत्वाhaving done
कृत्वा:
पूर्वकाल (Prior action)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), कृ-धातोः; ‘having done’
तत्that
तत्:
कर्म-विशेषण (Qualifier of object)
TypeAdjective
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम्
कदनम्slaughter; destruction
कदनम्:
कर्म (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootकदन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
घोरम्terrible
घोरम्:
कर्म-विशेषण (Qualifier of object)
TypeAdjective
Rootघोर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (कदनस्य)
नन्दाNandā
नन्दा:
कर्ता (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootनन्दा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
देवीgoddess
देवी:
कर्ता (Subject - apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootदेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; अप्पोजिशन (नन्दायाः)
सुरेश्वरीqueen of the gods
सुरेश्वरी:
कर्ता (Subject - epithet)
TypeNoun
Rootसुरेश्वरी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; उपाधि/विशेषणार्थ-नाम
यस्मात्from which; because of which
यस्मात्:
अपादान (Source/Cause)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-हेतु (yasmāt = because/from which)
स्नाताbathed
स्नाता:
कर्ता (Subject - participial predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootस्ना (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘having bathed/one who has bathed’
विशालाक्षीthe large-eyed (goddess)
विशालाक्षी:
कर्ता (Subject - epithet)
TypeNoun
Rootविशाल + अक्षी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formबहुव्रीहिसमास; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘विशालानि अक्षी यस्याः सा’ (one whose eyes are large)
तेनtherefore; by that
तेन:
करण/हेतु (Instrument/Cause)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; ‘therefore/by that reason’
नन्दाह्रदःNandā’s lake
नन्दाह्रदः:
कर्ता (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootनन्दा + ह्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative): ‘नन्दायाः ह्रदः’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
स्मृतःis called; is known as
स्मृतः:
कर्मणि-क्रिया (Passive predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootस्मृ (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगार्थः ‘is called/remembered’
Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nandā-hrada

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata (addressed in adjacent verse; implied audience)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After a fierce act of destruction, Devī Nandā—wide-eyed and radiant—descends to a serene lake on the Narmadā, bathing as the waters glow with śakti; sages and celestials witness the consecration of the hrada’s name.

Characters & Entities
N
Nandā Devī
N
Nandā-hrada

FAQs

A tīrtha becomes supremely holy through the direct presence and acts of the Divine; the place-name itself preserves that sacred memory.

Nandā-hrada (Lake of Goddess Nandā).

Snāna is implied as the sanctifying act associated with the site—Devī bathed there, establishing the lake’s holiness.

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