Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 145

Devanagari script

बहूदकमिदं कुंडं संसेव्यं च सदा त्वया । माहात्म्यमस्य वक्ष्यामि संक्षेपाद्व्यास सूचितम्

Transliteration

bahūdakamidaṃ kuṃḍaṃ saṃsevyaṃ ca sadā tvayā | māhātmyamasya vakṣyāmi saṃkṣepādvyāsa sūcitam

Translation

ഇത് ബഹൂദക കുണ്ഡമാണ്; നീ ഇതിനെ നിത്യം സേവിച്ചു ആശ്രയിക്കണം. വ്യാസൻ സൂചിപ്പിച്ച ഇതിന്റെ മഹാത്മ്യം ഞാൻ സംക്ഷേപമായി പറയുന്നു.

Word by Word

• बहूदकम्: having much water, abundant-water
• बहूदकम्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु + उदक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (neuter, nominative/accusative singular); विशेषणम्

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Visheshana (Determiner/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (neuter, nominative/accusative singular); सर्वनाम

• कुण्डम्: pond, sacred tank
• कुण्डम्: Karma/Pradhana (Object or topic/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (neuter, nominative/accusative singular)

• संसेव्यम्: to be frequented/served
• संसेव्यम्: Vidheyavisheshana (Predicate adjective/विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + सेव् (धातु) → संसेव्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्ययान्त (तव्यत्/यत्-भावः), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषणम् (gerundive: ‘to be resorted to’)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriyavisheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Instrument/कर्ता-करणभाव; ‘by you’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/स्त्रीलिङ्ग (सर्वनाम), तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (instrumental singular)

• माहात्म्यम्: greatness, sacred merit
• माहात्म्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (accusative singular)

• अस्य: of this
• अस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन (genitive singular)

• वक्ष्यामि: I will tell
• वक्ष्यामि: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (simple future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• संक्षेपात्: briefly, in summary
• संक्षेपात्: Kriyavisheshana (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संक्षेप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी विभक्ति, एकवचन (ablative singular); अव्ययीभावार्थे ‘संक्षेपेण’

• व्यास: O Vyāsa
• व्यास: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन विभक्ति, एकवचन (vocative singular)

• सूचितम्: indicated, pointed out
• सूचितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + सूच् (धातु) → सूचित (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘(यत्) सूचितम्’

Speaker

Bāla

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bahūdaka-kuṇḍa

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Vyāsa (addressed: ‘tvayā… vyāsa’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A revered speaker points out the Bahūdaka-kuṇḍa to a pilgrim, announcing that its greatness will be told briefly as indicated by Vyāsa; the kuṇḍa glimmers with sacred calm, with ascetics nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Bahūdaka-kuṇḍa
• Vyāsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrthas are preserved through continual reverence and practice; their māhātmya is transmitted through authoritative lineage (Vyāsa).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bahūdaka-kuṇḍa (the Bahūdaka sacred pool) is explicitly introduced for glorification.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Regular resorting to/serving the Bahūdaka-kuṇḍa, with its māhātmya to be heard and remembered.