Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

ते द्विजा भानुमत्याथ शूलभेदं गताः सह । ददृशुः शबरं कुण्डे भार्यया सह संस्थितम्

Transliteration

te dvijā bhānumatyātha śūlabhedaṃ gatāḥ saha | dadṛśuḥ śabaraṃ kuṇḍe bhāryayā saha saṃsthitam

Translation

แล้วเหล่าทวิชะ (พราหมณ์) พร้อมด้วยภาณุมตี ได้ไปยังศูลเภทะ ที่นั่นพวกเขาเห็นชพร (ศพร) ยืนอยู่ ณ ข้างกุณฑะศักดิ์สิทธิ์ พร้อมภรรยาของเขา

Word by Word

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• द्विजाः: brahmins (twice-born)
• द्विजाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन

• भानुमत्या: with Bhānumatī
• भानुमत्या: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भानुमती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (then/now)

• शूलभेदम्: to Śūlabheda (place called ‘Spear-cleft’)
• शूलभेदम्: Gati-Karma (Goal/गति-कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूल + भेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'शूलस्य भेदः' (name of a place/cleft)

• गताः: went
• गताः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (past active participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; 'gone'

• सह: together/with
• सह: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक (with)

• ददृशुः: they saw
• ददृशुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• शबरम्: a Śabara (tribal man)
• शबरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शबर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• कुण्डे: in a pit/pond (kuṇḍa)
• कुण्डे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

• भार्यया: with (his) wife
• भार्यया: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakaraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक (with)

• संस्थितम्: standing/remaining
• संस्थितम्: Karma (Object complement/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + स्था (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; 'standing/placed'—agrees with शबरम्

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śūlabheda-kuṇḍa (as implied by ‘kuṇḍe’)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (Pārthiva) in the frame narrative

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of brāhmaṇas with Bhānumatī arrive at a forested sacred pool; a śabara couple stands near the water with simple attire, bows and forest implements set aside, the kuṇḍa gleaming with sanctity.

Characters & Entities

• Bhānumatī
• Śūlabheda
• kuṇḍa
• Śabara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage (tīrtha-yātrā) is portrayed as a meeting-point of diverse lives, where sacred places reveal hidden spiritual struggles.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Śūlabheda tīrtha, marked by a sacred kuṇḍa (pond) within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated in this verse; it sets the scene at the tīrtha and its kuṇḍa.