Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 99

Devanagari script

तथा ब्रह्मांशसंभूतो जाम्बवान्नृक्षकुञ्जरः । शिलादतनयो नंदी शिवस्यानुचरः प्रियः

Transliteration

tathā brahmāṃśasaṃbhūto jāmbavānnṛkṣakuñjaraḥ | śilādatanayo naṃdī śivasyānucaraḥ priyaḥ

Translation

അതുപോലെ ബ്രഹ്മാംശത്തിൽ നിന്നു ജനിച്ച കരടികളുടെ അധിപനായ ജാംബവാൻ പ്രത്യക്ഷനായി; ശിലാദന്റെ പുത്രനായ നന്ദി, ശിവന്റെ പ്രിയ അനുചരനായി, അവനും പ്രത്യക്ഷനായി।

Word by Word

• तथा: thus, likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — adverb ‘thus/likewise’

• ब्रह्मांश: a portion of Brahmā
• ब्रह्मांश: Karta (Subject/कर्ता) (in compound with संभूतः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahma (प्रातिपदिक) + aṃśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (ब्रह्मणः अंशः) — masculine nominative singular

• संभूतः: born, arisen
• संभूतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता) (predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam√bhū (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — past participle ‘born/arisen’

• जाम्बवान्: Jāmbavān
• जाम्बवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jāmbavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — masculine nominative singular (proper name)

• नृक्ष: man-and-bear (hybrid)
• नृक्ष: Sambandha (Qualifier/सम्बन्ध) (in compound with कुञ्जरः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛ (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; द्वन्द्वसमासः (नरः च ऋक्षः) — ‘man and bear’ as a unit

• कुञ्जरः: elephant; (here) mighty one
• कुञ्जरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता) (appositional epithet)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuñjara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — masculine nominative singular

• शिलादत: Śilāda (name)
• शिलादत: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śilā (प्रातिपदिक) + data (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (शिलायाः दाता) — ‘giver of a stone’; in compound with तनयः

• तनयः: son
• तनयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता) (appositional)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tanaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — masculine nominative singular

• नन्दी: Nandī
• नन्दी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nandī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — masculine nominative singular (proper name)

• शिवस्य: of Śiva
• शिवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन — masculine genitive singular

• अनुचरः: attendant, follower
• अनुचरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता) (appositional)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anucara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — masculine nominative singular

• प्रियः: dear, beloved
• प्रियः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: priya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — masculine nominative singular (qualifying अनुचरः/नन्दी)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A purāṇic tableau of manifestations: Jāmbavān as a majestic bear-king with divine aura; Nandī as a radiant bull-headed or bull-form attendant near Śiva’s presence, indicating gaṇa-status and devotion.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Jāmbavān
• Nandī
• Śiva
• Śilādata

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine missions are supported by beings born of cosmic principles—Brahmā’s portion and Śiva’s gaṇa-power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kedāra Khaṇḍa context frames the narration, but the verse itself highlights sacred personages rather than a site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.