Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

तस्मात्क्षीरोदकस्थानान्नैरृते दिग्दले श्रितम् । ख्यातं बृहस्पतेः कुण्डमुद्दंडाचंडमंडितम्

Transliteration

tasmātkṣīrodakasthānānnairṛte digdale śritam | khyātaṃ bṛhaspateḥ kuṇḍamuddaṃḍācaṃḍamaṃḍitam

Translation

അതുകൊണ്ട് ക്ഷീരോദകസ്ഥാനത്തിനടുത്ത്, നൈഋത്യ ദിശാഭാഗത്ത്, ബൃഹസ്പതിയുടെ പ്രസിദ്ധ കുണ്ഡം സ്ഥിതിചെയ്യുന്നു; അത് ഉയർന്നതും ഭംഗിയാർന്ന അലങ്കാരങ്ങളാലും ശോഭിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: from that, therefore
• तस्मात्: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• क्षीरोदकस्थानात्: from the place called Kṣīrodaka-sthāna
• क्षीरोदकस्थानात्: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षीर + उदक + स्थान (प्रातिपदिक); components: kṣīra + udaka + sthāna
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी/सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषसमासार्थ (place of milk-and-water / milk-ocean-water)

• नैरृते: in the south-west (Nairṛta)
• नैरृते: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nairṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; दिक्-विशेषण (locative of direction)

• दिग्दले: in the quarter/side of the direction
• दिग्दले: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिक् + दल (प्रातिपदिक); components: dik + dala
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (directional quarter/side)

• श्रितम्: situated, resorted to
• श्रितम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Predicative adjective)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रि (धातु) → श्रित (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (कुण्डम् इति)

• ख्यातम्: renowned
• ख्यातम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Predicative adjective)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ख्या (धातु) → ख्यात (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (कुण्डम् इति)

• बृहस्पतेः: of Bṛhaspati
• बृहस्पतेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bṛhaspati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• कुण्डम्: pond, sacred tank
• कुण्डम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उद्दण्डाचण्डमण्डितम्: adorned with lofty and gentle (features)
• उद्दण्डाचण्डमण्डितम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद्दण्ड + अचण्ड + मण्डित (प्रातिपदिक); components: uddaṇḍa + acaṇḍa + maṇḍita
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (as an epithet of कुण्डम्)

Speaker

Brahmā (deduced for Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bṛhaspati-kuṇḍa

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A splendidly adorned pond (kuṇḍa) with tall decorative elements—pillars, toranas, flags—set to the south-west of the milky Kṣīrodaka; pilgrims approach along a stone path, with a subtle ‘guru’ symbolism (Bṛhaspati) such as a staff or yellow cloth motif.

Characters & Entities

• Kṣīrodaka
• Bṛhaspati

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is grounded in sacred geography: the text precisely locates a holy tank whose very presence signifies tīrtha-power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Bṛhaspati-kuṇḍa, situated near the Kṣīrodaka-sthāna in Ayodhyā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual here; the verse primarily gives the tīrtha’s location and renown.