Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

तृतीयं च ततः शृङ्गं सप्तधा खण्डशो गतम् । जम्बूद्वीपे तु संजाताः सप्त ते कुलपर्वताः

Transliteration

tṛtīyaṃ ca tataḥ śṛṅgaṃ saptadhā khaṇḍaśo gatam | jambūdvīpe tu saṃjātāḥ sapta te kulaparvatāḥ

Translation

И затем третья вершина раскололась на семь частей. В Джамбудвипе из неё возникли те семь родовых гор (кулапарват).

Word by Word

• तृतीयम्: the third
• तृतीयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तृतीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — ‘the third’ (qualifies शृङ्गम्)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय) — ‘and’

• ततः: then; from there
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘then/from there’

• शृङ्गम्: peak; summit
• शृङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शृङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — object (that which became divided)

• सप्तधा: sevenfold
• सप्तधा: Kriya-visheshana (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सप्तधा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (परिमाण/प्रकारवाचक) — ‘in seven ways’

• खण्डशः: in fragments
• खण्डशः: Kriya-visheshana (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: खण्डशः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (विभागवाचक) — ‘in pieces/part by part’

• गतम्: became; went (into that state)
• गतम्: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √गम् (धातु) → गत (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — क्त; agrees with शृङ्गम् (neut.); ‘gone/come to (a state)’

• जम्बूद्वीपे: in Jambūdvīpa
• जम्बूद्वीपे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जम्बू + द्वीप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — locative ‘in Jambūdvīpa’

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (विशेषार्थक-निपात) — ‘indeed’

• संजाताः: arose; were born
• संजाताः: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + √जन् (धातु) → संजात (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — क्त; ‘were born/arose’ (qualifies कुलपर्वताः)

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्याशब्दः; here used as numeral adjective (indeclinable form) qualifying ‘कुलपर्वताः’

• ते: those
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — demonstrative pronoun ‘those’

• कुलपर्वताः: the Kulaparvatas (clan mountains)
• कुलपर्वताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल + पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन — ‘family/lineage mountains’

Speaker

Narrator (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kulaparvata-janma (from Trikūṭa’s third peak)

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The third peak fractures into seven mighty segments; from each segment rises a colossal mountain, forming the seven kulaparvatas across Jambūdvīpa like pillars of the world.

Characters & Entities

• Jambūdvīpa
• Kulaparvatas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic cosmology sacralizes the world-map: mountains and regions are not random, but dharmic structures within creation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not a single tīrtha; it expands the Reva Khanda narrative into Jambūdvīpa’s sacred cosmic geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.