Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

विपुले विपुला नाम कल्याणी मलयाचले । कोटवी कोटितीर्थेषु सुगन्धा गन्धमादने

Transliteration

vipule vipulā nāma kalyāṇī malayācale | koṭavī koṭitīrtheṣu sugandhā gandhamādane

Translation

വിപുലത്തിൽ അവൾ ‘വിപുലാ’ എന്ന നാമത്തിൽ അറിയപ്പെടുന്നു. മലയാചലത്തിൽ ‘കല്യാണി’, കോടിതീർത്ഥങ്ങളിൽ ‘കോടവീ’, ഗന്ധമാദനത്തിൽ ‘സുഗന്ധാ’യായി സ്തുതിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു.

Word by Word

• विपुले: at Vipula
• विपुले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विपुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; अधिकरण

• विपुला: Vipulā
• विपुला: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विपुला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम

• नाम: by name
• नाम: Sambandha (Apposition marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; नाम-शब्दः (quotative 'by name')

• कल्याणी: Kalyāṇī
• कल्याणी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्याणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम

• मलयाचले: on Mount Malaya
• मलयाचले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मलयाचल (प्रातिपदिक; मलय + अचल)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; अधिकरण

• कोटवी: Koṭavī
• कोटवी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम

• कोटितीर्थेषु: among/at the Koṭitīrthas
• कोटितीर्थेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटितीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक; कोटि + तीर्थ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), बहुवचन; अधिकरण

• सुगन्धा: Sugandhā (fragrant one)
• सुगन्धा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुगन्धा (प्रातिपदिक; सु + गन्धा)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; नाम

• गन्धमादने: at Gandhamādana
• गन्धमादने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धमादन (प्रातिपदिक; गन्ध + मादन)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; अधिकरण

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vipula; Malaya; Koṭitīrthas; Gandhamādana

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A panoramic sacred landscape: Vipula hill with Devī Vipulā bestowing boons; Malaya mountain with sandalwood forests and Devī Kalyāṇī; Koṭitīrtha cluster as many small ghāṭs/kunds with Devī Koṭavī as a protective forest goddess; Gandhamādana as a high fragrant peak with blooming herbs and Devī Sugandhā surrounded by aromatic winds.

Characters & Entities

• Vipula
• Malayācala
• Koṭitīrtha
• Gandhamādana
• Vipulā
• Kalyāṇī
• Koṭavī
• Sugandhā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred mountains and tīrtha-clusters are living abodes of the Goddess; each region has a devotional name that channels her specific blessing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vipula (place-name), Malayācala (Malaya mountain), Koṭitīrthas (a famed set of many holy fords), and Gandhamādana (Purāṇic sacred mountain).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription; Koṭitīrtha context implies repeated tīrtha-snān and devī-pūjā across multiple sacred fords.