Vamana Purana — Birth of Skanda (Kartikeya), Shloka 82

The Birth and Consecration of Skanda (Kartikeya) at Kurukshetra

Devanagari script

गृध्रपत्रं च विमला चारुवक्त्रं मनोहरा धूतपापा महारावं कर्णा विद्रुमसंनिभम्

Transliteration

gṛdhrapatraṃ ca vimalā cāruvaktraṃ manoharā dhūtapāpā mahārāvaṃ karṇā vidrumasaṃnibham

Translation

ဝိမလာသည် «ဂೃဓ္ရပတ္တရ» ကို ပေးအပ်၏။ မနောဟရာသည် «ချာရုဝက္တရ» ကို ပေးအပ်၏။ ဓူတပါပါသည် «မဟာရာဝ» ကို ပေးအပ်၏။ ကဏ္ဏာသည် «ဝိဒြုမသန္နိဘ» ကို ပေးအပ်၏။

Word by Word

• गृध्रपत्रम्: Gṛdhrapatra (name)
• गृध्रपत्रम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृध्र-पत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (गृध्रस्य पत्रम्/गृध्रपत्रः)

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

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

• चारुवक्त्रम्: Cāruvaktra (beautiful-faced; name)
• चारुवक्त्रम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चारु-वक्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः (चारु वक्त्रं यस्य)

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

• धूतपापा: Dhūtapāpā
• धूतपापा: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धूत-पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; समासः बहुव्रीहिः (धूतं पापं यस्याः)

• महारावम्: Mahārāva (great-roaring; name)
• महारावम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा-राव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः (महान् रावः यस्य)

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

• विद्रुमसंनिभम्: coral-like (name/epithet)
• विद्रुमसंनिभम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विद्रुम-संनिभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (विद्रुमस्य संनिभः = coral-like), विशेषणम्

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

• Toponymy via natural imagery (roar, coral-color, beauty)
• Purity and expiation (Vimalā, Dhūtapāpā)
• Hydro-sacred landscape mapping

Verse Rasa (Emotional Flavour)

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

FAQs

Are these names describing rivers, ponds, or bathing ghāṭs?

In Saromāhātmya-style passages, the same naming register can cover rivers, subsidiary streams, ponds (sarovaras), confluences, and specific bathing points. Without additional qualifiers in adjacent verses, they are best treated as tīrtha-names within the sacred hydrography.

What might ‘Mahārāva’ indicate geographically?

The epithet ‘great roar’ commonly points to a loud water feature—rapids, a waterfall, a strong confluence, or a wind-exposed lake edge—memorialized as a named tīrtha.

Why repeat Dhūtapāpā across the list?

Dhūtapāpā can function as both a specific proper name and a classificatory title for multiple ‘sin-washing’ spots. Repetition may reflect either multiple sites sharing the epithet or a textual catalog that groups related tīrthas under a renowned purifier-name.