Vamana Purana — Birth of Skanda (Kartikeya), Shloka 81

The Birth and Consecration of Skanda (Kartikeya) at Kurukshetra

Devanagari script

श्रुतवर्म च पर्मासा रेवा सागरवेगिनम् प्रभावार्थं सहं प्रादात् काञ्चना कनकेक्षणम्

Transliteration

śrutavarma ca parmāsā revā sāgaraveginam prabhāvārthaṃ sahaṃ prādāt kāñcanā kanakekṣaṇam

Translation

သြရုတဝರ್ಮာသည် «ပရ္မာသာ» ကို ပေးအပ်၏။ ရေဝါသည် «သာဂရဝေဂင်» ကို ပေးအပ်၏။ ကာဉ္စနာသည် ထူးခြားသော အာနုဘော်ကို ထင်ရှားစေရန် «ကနကေက္ခဏ» ကို ပေးအပ်၏။

Word by Word

• श्रुतवर्म: Śrutavarman (name)
• श्रुतवर्म: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रुत-वर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः (श्रुतं वर्म यस्य)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• पर्मासा: Parmāsā
• पर्मासा: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्मासा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; नाम (proper noun)

• रेवा: (River) Revā
• रेवा: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेवा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; नदी-नाम (proper noun)

• सागरवेगिनम्: Sāgaravegin (name)
• सागरवेगिनम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सागर-वेगिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (सागरस्य वेगः यस्य/सागरवेगिन्)

• प्रभावार्थम्: for (the sake of) splendor/effect
• प्रभावार्थम्: Hetu (हेतु/Purpose)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रभाव-अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समासः; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः, अर्थे ‘प्रभावाय/for glory, for effect’

• सहम्: together/with
• सहम्: Sahakari (सहकारी/Accompaniment)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सह-शब्दः ‘सह/with’ (here as particle/adjunct)

• प्रादात्: gave
• प्रादात्: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-दा (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist/लुङ्), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• काञ्चना: Kāñcanā
• काञ्चना: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काञ्चना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; नाम (proper noun)

• कनकेक्षणम्: Kanakekṣaṇa (golden-eyed; name)
• कनकेक्षणम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कनक-ईक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः (कनकवत् ईक्षणं यस्य)

Speakers

• Narrator/ṛṣi voice (within the Saromāhātmya frame) continuing the tīrtha enumeration to the listener (traditional frame: Pulastya to Nārada).

Primary Deities

• Vishnu
• Shiva

Key Themes

• Major river sanctity (Revā/Narmadā)
• Prabhāva (site-specific sacred potency)
• Pilgrimage cartography through naming

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

{ "primaryRasa": "shanta", "secondaryRasa": "adbhuta", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

FAQs

Does ‘Revā’ here clearly mean the Narmadā?

Yes. Revā is a standard Purāṇic name for the Narmadā, frequently invoked in tīrtha contexts as a paradigmatic purifier and pilgrimage river.

What does prabhāvārtham signal in a tīrtha list?

It flags that the naming is not merely descriptive but meant to convey a recognized ‘power-profile’ (prabhāva) of the site—its distinctive ritual or salvific efficacy.

How should we understand names like Sāgaravegin or Kanakekṣaṇa?

They are ‘speaking names’ (nāma-rūpa): Sāgaravegin evokes a swift, sea-bound current; Kanakekṣaṇa evokes golden brilliance. Such names encode sensory and theological associations used in pilgrimage memory and praise.