Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

सर्वलक्षणसम्पन्नः करञ्जो नाम नामतः । बाल एव महाभाग चचार स महत्तपः

Transliteration

sarvalakṣaṇasampannaḥ karañjo nāma nāmataḥ | bāla eva mahābhāga cacāra sa mahattapaḥ

Translation

സകല ശുഭലക്ഷണങ്ങളാലും സമ്പന്നനായ അവൻ ‘കരഞ്ജ’ എന്ന നാമത്തിൽ പ്രസിദ്ധനായിരുന്നു. ഹേ മഹാഭാഗ, ബാലനായിരിക്കെ തന്നേ അവൻ മഹത്തായ തപസ്സു ചെയ്തു.

Word by Word

• सर्वलक्षणसम्पन्नः: endowed with all marks/qualities
• सर्वलक्षणसम्पन्नः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-लक्षण-सम्पन्न (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + लक्षण + सम्पन्न)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifier)

• करञ्जः: Karañja
• करञ्जः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: करञ्ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; संज्ञा (proper name)

• नाम: by name
• नाम: Sambandha (relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नाम (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle) — ‘called/known as’

• नामतः: in name; nominally
• नामतः: Sambandha (relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नामतः (अव्यय; नामन् + तस्)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb) — ‘as to name/nominally’

• बालः: a boy; young one
• बालः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• एव: indeed; only
• एव: Sambandha (relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• महाभाग: O fortunate one
• महाभाग: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभाग (प्रातिपदिक; महा + भाग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• चचार: practised; performed; undertook
• चचार: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चर् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• महत्: great
• महत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• तपः: austerity; penance
• तपः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) taṭa

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant boy-sage Karañja, marked with auspicious signs, stands in a forested riverbank hermitage beginning severe tapas; minimal possessions, matted hair forming, calm yet intense gaze.

Characters & Entities

• Karañja

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual greatness is not limited by age; early commitment to tapas can lead to siddhi and lasting sacred remembrance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The chapter concerns a Revā-region tīrtha where Karañja becomes renowned; the precise locale is clarified in the subsequent verses.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tapas (austerity) is mentioned generally; the specific regimen appears in the next verse.