Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

कामरूपकला यत्र तत्र कुंडं वने भवेत् । एवं दत्त्वा वरान्भानुस्तत्रैवां तरधीयत

Transliteration

kāmarūpakalā yatra tatra kuṃḍaṃ vane bhavet | evaṃ dattvā varānbhānustatraivāṃ taradhīyata

Translation

காமரூப சக்தி நிலவிய இடத்தில், அங்கே காட்டில் ஒரு குண்டம் தோன்றியது; இவ்வாறு வரங்களை அளித்து பானு (சூரியன்) அங்கேயே மறைந்தான்।

Word by Word

• कामरूपकला: the Kāmarūpa power/skill
• कामरूपकला: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कामरूप (प्रातिपदिक; काम + रूप) + कला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमासः (कामरूपस्य कला = the art/power of Kāmarūpa); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्ययम् (relative adverb: where)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्ययम् (there)

• कुण्डम्: a kunda (pit/basin)
• कुण्डम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्

• वने: in the forest
• वने: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• भवेत्: may be/should be
• भवेत्: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्ययम् (thus)

• दत्त्वा: having given
• दत्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्तम् (absolutive/gerund): having given

• वरान्: boons
• वरान्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

• भानुः: Bhānu (the Sun)
• भानुः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भानु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्ययम् (there)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपातः (indeed/just)

• अन्तर्धीयत: disappeared
• अन्तर्धीयत: Kriya
• Type: Verb
• Root: अन्तर् + धा (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत), आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; (पाठभेदः: ‘अन्तर्धीयत’ = he disappeared)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual), continuing the account after Bhānu’s instruction

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāmarūpa-kuṇḍa (inferred from ‘kāmarūpa-kalā yatra… tatra kuṇḍam’)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: In a lush forest clearing, a fresh kuṇḍa appears; Sūrya (Bhānu) radiates, grants boons to devotees, then dissolves into light (antaradhāna), leaving the sanctified water-body shimmering.

Characters & Entities

• Kāmarūpa
• Kuṇḍa
• Bhānu (Sun)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine grace is localized: sacred power manifests as a tīrtha (kuṇḍa) and the deity’s boon-giving presence sanctifies the landscape.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A forest kuṇḍa connected with Kāmarūpa and the Sun (Bhānu), later known in this passage as Bhaṭṭāditya’s kuṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse mainly records the tīrtha’s manifestation and Bhānu’s boon-giving; prescriptions follow in subsequent verses (snāna, darśana, etc.).