Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 110

Devanagari script

कुम्भकोत्थं च संप्राप्तं महच्चण्डालसंभवम्

Transliteration

kumbhakotthaṃ ca saṃprāptaṃ mahaccaṇḍālasaṃbhavam

Translation

அப்போது மகாசண்டாள குலத்தில் பிறந்த கும்பகன் எழுச்சி நிகழ்ந்தது।

Word by Word

• कुम्भक-उत्थम्: arisen from Kumbhaka (Kumbhaka-born)
• कुम्भक-उत्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुम्भक (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्थ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √स्था/उत्था)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/सम्बन्ध: कुम्भकस्य उत्थम् = ‘कुम्भक-सम्बन्धि/कुम्भकात् उत्पन्नम्’)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• सम्प्राप्तम्: obtained, reached
• सम्प्राप्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-√आप् (धातु) → सम्प्राप्त (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘प्राप्तम्’ = obtained/attained

• महत्: great
• महत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (महद् → महत्)

• चण्डाल-सम्भवम्: born of a caṇḍāla
• चण्डाल-सम्भवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चण्डाल (प्रातिपदिक) + सम्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी: चण्डालस्य सम्भवः = ‘born of a caṇḍāla’)

Speaker

Viśvāmitra (inferred)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Audience of sages (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrator frames the sudden ‘arising’ of Kumbhaka—an ominous yet fateful emergence of a Caṇḍāla figure, hinting at a karmic backstory.

Characters & Entities

• Kumbhaka (Kuṃbhaka)
• Caṇḍāla

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The text sets up a causative backstory: ritual judgments in the narrative are linked to origins and past actions.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this half-verse; it functions as narrative background within the Tīrthamāhātmya section.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it introduces a figure whose story explains later ritual conclusions.