Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 88

Devanagari script

मन्मथा हेमकूटे तु कुमुदे सत्यवादिनी । अश्वत्थे वन्दिनीका तु निधिर्वैश्रवणालये

Transliteration

manmathā hemakūṭe tu kumude satyavādinī | aśvatthe vandinīkā tu nidhirvaiśravaṇālaye

Translation

ณเหมากูฏ พระนางทรงพระนามว่า มนมถา; ณกุมุท ทรงเป็น สัตยวาทินี. ณอัศวัตถะ ทรงเป็น วันทินีกา; และ ณสำนักของไวศรวณะ ทรงพระนามว่า นิธิ

Word by Word

• manmathā: Manmathā (name)
• manmathā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manmathā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• hemakūṭe: at Hemakūṭa
• hemakūṭe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hema-kūṭa (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः (हेममयः कूटः)

• tu: indeed/and
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात

• kumude: at Kumuda
• kumude: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kumuda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (स्थलनाम), सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• satyavādinī: Satyavādinī (truth-speaker; name)
• satyavādinī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: satya-vādinī (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (सत्यं वदतीति)

• aśvatthe: at the Aśvattha (sacred fig)
• aśvatthe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aśvattha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• vandinīkā: Vandinīkā (name)
• vandinīkā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vandinīkā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• tu: indeed/and
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात

• nidhiḥ: Nidhi (treasure; name)
• nidhiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• vaiśravaṇālaye: in the abode of Vaiśravaṇa (Kubera)
• vaiśravaṇālaye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaiśravaṇa-ālaya (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (वैश्रवणस्य आलयः)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from the adjoining verses emphasizing recitation ‘in Śiva’s presence’)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hemakūṭa; Kumuda; Aśvattha-tīrtha; Vaiśravaṇālaya (Alakā)

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Hemakūṭa peak glowing gold with Devī Manmathā holding sugarcane bow/flower arrows transmuted into prayer-flowers; Kumuda mountain with Devī Satyavādinī holding a scripture and a white lotus; under a sacred Aśvattha tree Devī Vandinīkā receiving hymns from devotees; in Kubera’s jeweled hall Devī Nidhi seated amid treasures, blessing dāna.

Characters & Entities

• Hemakūṭa
• Kumuda
• Aśvattha
• Vaiśravaṇa (Kubera)
• Manmathā
• Satyavādinī
• Vandinīkā
• Nidhi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine presence is localized through holy places, and remembering their names becomes a devotional map of dharma and merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hemakūṭa, Kumuda, the sacred Aśvattha, and the abode of Vaiśravaṇa are praised through the names associated with them.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, the recitation/remembering of tīrtha-names as part of the 108-name cycle.